In some parts of northern China, large pits are dug ... spent his teenage years living in a cave home as part of Mao Zedong's Down to the Countryside Movement, in which privileged youth were ...

China has pledged to make consideration of ... after the government invested heavily in building infrastructure in the countryside to narrow the vast urban-rural development gap under President ...

Today, an increasing number of Chinese people are creating environmentally friendly landscapes on the roofs they cherish most, showcasing a tangible "Beautiful China" through their homes.

The gap between those living in the city and those in the countryside remains one of China's most intractable problems. As this powerful work of grassroots history argues, the origins of China's rural ...