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| | The growing gap between the many poor and the few wealthy in China is feeding rising unrest. China's Communist leadership reported at least 87,000 uprisings last year, most of them in the countryside. Rampant corruption, the lack of a social safety net and extensive environmental damage are fueling the discontent. VOA's Luis Ramirez recently traveled into some remote villages in China, and filed these reports. | |
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Corruption, poverty, and inequity causing anger, turning poor farmers against modest signs of development |
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China's poor live face-to-face with those who benefit from the country's economic boom. Nowhere is this clearer than in Guangdong, the richest of China's provinces, which has seen some of the more violent clashes over the past year |
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A year ago, tens of thousands of villagers protested in Huaxi village, after pollution from chemical plants ruined crops and caused health problems, such as cancer and stillbirths |
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Chinese government officials have said the number of public disturbances - 87,000 last year - has risen largely because people increasingly know their rights |
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