China's rural reform and its impact on China's food security. (25th October 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Han, Dongping; Bruce, Julia Rose; LaValevere, Alexis; Olson, Mathew; Robinov, Larissa
• Is Part Of: Journal of labor and society. Volume 21:Number 4(2018)
• Page Start: 493
• Page End: 516
• Publication Date: 2018-10-25
• Subjects: Working class -- Periodicals; Labor unions -- Periodicals; Labor -- Periodicals; Labor unions -- United States -- Periodicals; Labor -- United States -- Periodicals; Working class -- United States -- Periodicals; Labor; Labor unions; Working class; Periodicals; 331
• DOI: 10.1111/wusa.12361
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2471-4607

Abstract

Abstract : This article is a critical overview of capitalist reforms in China's countryside, and their impact on China's agriculture, farmers, and rural areas. Through interviewing a large numbers of farmers and local officials, the authors conclude that capitalist restoration in China has created a tremendous threefold crisis for China's agriculture, rural areas, and farmers with huge impact on global grain markets and the global environment. The Chinese Communist Party and its hold on power is at the stake. The resulting intensification of class struggle may force the Chinese Communist Party to reconnect with the Chinese working classes in the near future.