The Latest Big Revolution for Chinese Farmers

Right up until the twentieth century, upwards of 90 % of the chinese population were themselves farmers. This position as the noblest and most honest of professions did not, of course, entitle them to any special treatment. The latest big revolution for chinese farmers has been, what else? The modernizations of the twentieth century and beyond. These were slowed non existent in arriving during the first half of the century, with farming prices much as they had been for centuries. And then kicked into cloud cuckoo land, starting with the land reform movements of post 19 forty nine, and quickly kicking into out and devastation of the great leap forward.