This Week in Rural China
Nathan WhittakerThis Week in Rural China explores the landscapes, lives, and quiet revolutions shaping China's countryside. Each week, discover sharp analysis, evocative storytelling, and reflections illuminating China beyond the skylines.
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The Harvest: This Week in Rural China – Dispatch No. 21 (20 November 2025)
Lianfeng Village, Fengqiao Town, Jiaxing, seen by drone on 18 Nov 2025—a product of Zhejiang’s two-decade-long “Thousand Villages, Ten Thousand Renovations” (千万工程) rural overhaul. © Xinhua / Xu Yu.
It’s been a while since the last edition...
China’s Next Crisis: Can the Countryside Survive Beijing’s Grand Designs?
China’s government this week announced another ambitious plan to “revitalise” its countryside — a nationwide programme to create a series of model counties meant to prove that rural life can be modern, prosperous and orderly. The Ministry o...
The Harvest: This Week in Rural China – Dispatch No. 20 (2 May 2025)
On 28 April, a villager inspects water levels in the rice paddies at the Jiabang Terraces in Congjiang County, Guizhou Province. Photo by Yang Wenbin, Xinhua News Agency.
Welcome to the 20th edition of The Harvest, your weekly roundup of s...
Rural China Book of the Month (April 2025): Red Sorghum by Mo Yan
Why This Book Matters
In Red Sorghum (红高粱家族), Mo Yan offers more than fiction—he gives a raw testimony to the suffering that has shaped rural China.
His first novel—fractured into five interconnected novellas—lays bare the brutality o...
Diplomacy on High Terraces
Editor’s Note
Today’s article is by Paule De La Poype, a Franco–New Zealander whose work moves between land, language, and community. Raised in rural France and now based in Hong Kong, Paule writes on ecological renewal in China and...
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Once roamed the streets of China, now focused on finding the vita contemplativa. A product of Chinese Studies at Edinburgh and Nankai, I write about rural China while elbow-deep in underground Chinese documentaries, music, and literature.
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