Will the Boat Sink the Water?: The Life of China's Peasants (44 page)

1. 208, 210
   

   Lixin County, 3, 4, 5, 10, 18–21, 23, 25,
   

   156–157, 158
   

   Lu Xueyi, 175–178, 216–217
   

   Lu Xun, xiv
   

   Lu Zixiu, 140–144
   

   Luying Village, 3–26
   

   Ma Li, 88–89
   

   Mao Zedong, xvii, xviii, 143, 146, 148,
   

1. 184
   

   Marriage tax, 155
   

   Martyrs, 3, 26, 154, 212
   

   Media, x–xv, xviii, xx, 19–22, 41–43,
   

   49, 55–61, 206.
   See also
   Newspapers; Radio broadcasts; Television
   

   Medical care.
   See
   Health care Middle Kingdom, China as, 65
   

   Migration, peasant, xi–xii, 199–207, 208
   

   Military, 8, 66–68, 70, 72, 112, 134,
   

1. 135, 149, 150, 153, 160, 170, 171,
   

   1. See also
      Army
      

      Ministry of Agriculture, 102–103, 104,
      

1. 1. 105, 126, 214
      

      Modernization, 200, 204, 207, 213
      

      Mount Tai, 3 Murder.
      See
      Deaths
      

      National Party Congress, 86, 149, 150,
      

      218–219
      

      National People’s Congress, 22, 70, 86,
      

      134, 149, 177–178
      

      Natural disasters, 148, 192–196
      

      Newspapers, xi, xix, 4, 7, 15, 44–45, 49,
      

      57–58, 60–61, 83, 100, 153, 182,
      

1. 1. 208
      

      “Number 13 Circular,” 138–139
      

      “One country, two nations” system, 175–178
      

      One-child policy, 8, 11, 13, 24, 33, 38,
      

      101, 124, 127, 155, 156–157
      

      Organization, power of, 37–40
      

      Peasants.
      See specific areas of interest
      

      Peking Opera, 66
      

      Peng Zhizhong, 14–15, 17, 25 People’s Political Consultative Conference, 149, 177
      

      index
      

      

      Pingyu Township, 185–187
      

      Planting, 38, 67, 95–96, 139, 145, 148,
      

      164, 179–182, 193
      

      Police (Security forces), 21
      

      in Baimiao Township incident, 108–123, 127, 128
      

      Ding Zuoming and, 5, 6, 12, 13–19,
      

1. 1. 25
      

      Gao Village and, 66–72, 74–81,
      

      83–85, 87–89, 139, 210
      

      in Zhang Village, 30, 41, 43, 49 Pollution, xxi, xxii
      

      Population
      

      of Anhui Province, 199–200, 203 of Handing Township, 174 national census on, 174
      

      peasant, ix, 144, 145
      

      rural, 204
      

      of Zhang Dayu Village, 164–165 Poverty, 3, 23–24, 94, 95–96, 135, 143,
      

      187, 192, 196–197, 198, 203, 212
      

      Qin Dynasty, 174, 175, 180–181, 215
      

      Radio broadcasts, 4, 6, 100
      

      Rat poison, 96, 113–114, 121, 128
      

      Reference News,
      182–183 Reform
      

      agricultural, 171, 172, 214–219 in Anhui Province, 140–144
      

      tax burden, xii, 104, 105, 137–144,
      

      182, 183, 199, 207–213, 215–219
      

      in urban areas, 149 Relief Office
      

      of Civil Affairs Bureau, 194–195 Peasants’ Burden, 104, 105, 182, 183
      

      Ren Kaicai, 13, 25
      

      Representation, 177–178
      

      Residence permits, 176, 177, 199 Revolution.
      See
      Cultural Revolution;
      

      Dinner party, revolution as Rights, citizens, 176, 178, 204, 218
      

      Ru Zipei, 158
      

      Rural areas/workers, xviii, xx, 150–151, 175–178, 203–207, 215, 217, 218.
      

      See also specific areas of interest
      

      Security Forces.
      See
      Police (Security forces) Shanghai, 4, 18, 133, 177, 199–201
      

      Shen Keli, 133–134, 135
      

      Shen Kexin, 134, 135
      

      Shensai Village, 133–136
      

      Shi Canzhou, 108, 109, 110
      

      Shi Hua, 159
      

      Shu Kingdom, 178–180
      

      Shucheng County, 169–170
      

      Si County, 87, 208, 209
      

      Sichuan Province, 21, 136, 199
      

      Social services, xx, 151, 154, 176, 183
      

      Spring Festival, 5, 10
      

      Starvation, xvii, 147–148, 164
      

      State Council (central government), xii, 7, 37, 87, 136–137, 140
      

      Baimiao Township incident and, 100–101
      

      Ding Zuoming and, 19, 21–22, 24–25
      

      on Shensai Village incident, 135, 136
      

      on tax relief, 138–139, 219 taxation authorized by, 172 uprisings and, 67, 81
      

      Stipends, nonproduction personnel, 152–153
      

      Su Duoxin, 184–185
      

      Suicide, 94, 125, 126, 141, 146, 156
      

      Suixi County, 156, 163–169
      

      Sun Jianjun, 178–180
      

      Taiwan, 161, 204
      

      Taizong, Emperor, 144
      

      Tang Dynasty, 144, 174, 175
      

      Tang Qizhuo, 201
      

      Tax burden, peasants’, ix, xx, xxii, 134, 136–188
      

      anticorruption bureau on, 163–169 Baimiao Township incident and,
      

      xiii–xiv, 94–129, 210
      

      Ding Zuoming and, 5–14, 16, 18–25
      

      in Gao Village, 68, 71, 73–74, 139,
      

      159–160, 162
      

      “Number 13 Circular” on, 138–139
      

      reform/relief, xii, 104, 105, 136–144,
      

      182, 183, 199, 207–213, 215–219
      

      self-defense against, 160–162
      

      State Council on, 138–139, 219
      

      uprisings and, 66–89
      

      urban v. rural, xviii, xx, 150–151, 175–178, 215, 217
      

      vicious circle of, 136–137
      

      in Wangyang Village, 160–162
      

      Zhang Village and, 29, 37–38, 42, 45,
      

      48, 55–56, 57, 136
      

      Taxes
      

      authorized by State Council, 172 on bragging, 183–184
      

      exemptions on, 25, 26, 198
      

      grain, 37–38, 48
      

      income, xx, 56, 137–138, 139, 155
      

      marriage, 155
      

      types of, 151–155, 208
      

      Teachers, 153, 174, 175, 192, 218
      

      Television, x–xi, xv, 41–43, 44, 60, 83,
      

1. 1. 100, 135, 182, 213
      

      China Central (CCTV), 57, 135–136,
      

1. 1. 182
      

      set, theft of, 97–98, 101–102, 127 “Ten thousand” projects, 181–182 Threshing ground allotment, 39 Tiananmen Square, 102, 125–126, 127
      

      Torture, 15–16, 17, 25, 88–89, 116
      

      Township(s).
      See also specific townships
      

      administration, 149–150, 170–171,
      

      173–174, 216
      

      debt, 72, 179–188
      

      elections, 167–169, 180
      

      enterprises in, 178–180, 206, 212
      

      “image projects,” 180–182
      

      index
      

      

      Township People’s Congress, 134, 152,
      

1. 1. 168
      

      Triple-Agri
      (San-Nong)
      problems, xi, xii, xv
      

      United Nations, 215
      

      United States, xvii–xviii, 173, 201, 204
      

      Uprisings, xx, 66–89
      

      Urban areas, 8, 127, 184, 199, 217
      

      crime in, 177
      

      development of, 145, 150
      

      economic issues, xviii, xx, 150–151, 175–178, 203–207, 215, 217, 218
      

      income in, 150–151
      

      inequality and, 177–178, 203–207,
      

1. 1. 217
      

      migrant workers in, xi–xii, 199–207, 208
      

      reform in, 149
      

      representation in, 177
      

      rural workers v. workers in, 150–151, 175–178, 207, 217
      

      tax burden in, 151, 175–178, 215,
      

1. 1. 217
      

      Villages.
      See specific villages
      

      Violence, ix, 139–140.
      See also
      Deaths;
      

      Torture
      

      “Antirightist movement,” 146 Baimiao Township incident, 107,
      

      112–115, 116, 118–119, 124, 127,
      

1. 1. 129
      

      against Ding Zuoming, 15–22, 24, 25
      

      in Gao Village, 66–89, 139, 159–160,
      

1. 1. 210
      

      in Wangyang Village, 160–162 against writers, xv, xix
      

      in Zhang Village, 30, 31, 32, 34–62,
      

1. 1. 136
      

      Wan Li, 150 Wang Damin, x
      

      Wang Guisong, 185–186
      

      Wang Heping, 83–84
      

      Wang Hongchao, 96–109, 112,
      

      113–117, 119, 120–123, 124, 125,
      

1. 1. 126, 128
      

      Wang Hongling, 118–119, 128
      

      Wang Hongqin, 112, 113, 115, 117,
      

1. 1. 118, 124, 128
      

      Wang Hongzhang, 118–119, 124
      

      Wang Jiapei, 194–196
      

      Wang Jinjun, 15–16, 25
      

      Wang Junbin, 93–109, 112, 115, 117,
      

      119–120, 124, 128–129, 210–211
      

      Wang Taihua, 197–198, 203, 209
      

      Wang Village, 95–103, 105–115,
      

      117–129, 210–211
      

      Wang Xiangdong, 97–109, 112, 113,
      

      115–117, 120–121, 123, 124,
      

      128–129
      

      Wang Yongming, 114–115
      

      Wangyang Village, 160–162
      

      Waterworks, ancient, 178
      

      Wei Surong, 32–33, 34, 44, 46–47, 52
      

      Wen Jiabao, xx, xxi–xxii, 143 Wen Tiejun, 214–216
      

      Wenzhou, 201
      

      Work teams, 31, 119 Workers
      

      migrant, xi–xii, 199–207, 208
      

      slowdowns by, 147
      

      urban v. rural, 150–151, 175–178,
      

1. 1. 207, 217
      

      Writers, xv, xix, 83, 86
      

      Wu Jinglian, 218–219
      

      Wu Zhaoren, 23–24, 182–184, 187–188
      

      Wugou Township, 163–169
      

      Xiang Yu, 65–66
      

      Xiaogang Village, 211–213
      

      Xinhua News Agency, 19–22, 55
      

      Yan Hongchang, 211–213
      

      Yan Xueli, 164–167
      

      Yangtze River, 95, 103, 191
      

      Yin Guimei, 81–82
      

      Yu Guangxuan, 117, 118
      

      Yu Jianrong, 218
      

      Zang Dayu Village, 163, 164, 167
      

      Zeng Xiaodong, 23–24
      

      Zhang Chaohua, 38–39
      

      Zhang Chaowei, 35, 50, 61, 62 Zhang Dayu Village, 163–167 Zhang Dianfeng, 30, 37, 41, 43, 48,
      

      58–59
      

      Zhang Guimao, 29, 31, 35–36, 41, 53,
      

1. 1. 58
      

      Zhang Guiquan, 29–42, 44–54, 56–57,
      

1. 1. 61, 62
      

      Zhang Guiyu, 31, 32–34, 35, 36, 38, 41,
      

      44, 50, 51, 52, 53–54
      

      Zhang Hongchuan, 29, 30, 31, 35, 36,
      

1. 1. 50, 52, 53, 58, 61
      

      Zhang Jiaquan, 29
      

      Zhang Jiayu, 29, 31, 48–49, 50, 51, 56,
      

      57–58, 59
      

      Zhang Jidong, 82–89, 159–160
      

      Zhang Leyi, 33, 36, 41, 49
      

      Zhang Village, 29–62, 136
      

      Zhang Xide, xiii–xiv, xviii–xix, 95, 99,
      

      101, 105, 106, 107–113, 117–118,
      

1. 1. 119, 123, 124, 129
      

      Zhang Yuliang, 33, 50, 62
      

      Zhangying Village, 163–164
      

      Zhao Jinxi, 15–16, 25
      

      Zheng Jianmin, 74–78, 84
      

      Zhu Chuanji, 15, 25
      

      Zhu Rongji, 217
      

      Zhu Shouyin, 216
      

      

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