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China’s Heavy-Handed ‘Rural Management’ Campaign Sparks Widespread Discontent

Communist policy to increase grain production heaps additional burden on already struggling rural communities

China’s Heavy-Handed ‘Rural Management’ Campaign Sparks Widespread Discontent
Farm workers glean wheat in a field in Huaibei, Anhui Province, China, on May 29, 2011. VCG/VCG via Getty Images
Leo Timm
5/15/2023|Updated: 5/16/2023
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Tens of thousands of “law enforcement” personnel dispatched by Beijing have descended upon China’s vast countryside to enforce compliance with the Chinese regime’s latest demands for expanded grain production.

More than 2,500 grassroots “agricultural law enforcement teams” have implemented the central authorities’ new directives on planting, animal husbandry, water usage, and product quality and safety.

Leo Timm
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Leo Timm is a freelance contributor to The Epoch Times. He covers Chinese politics, society, and current affairs.
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