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Photos: In pictures: Rural life in China
What's life like in a Chinese village? – Despite China's economic boom over the past decade, rural life has changed little in the remote village of Dali in the country's southwestern Guizhou province.
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Photos: In pictures: Rural life in China
What's life like in a Chinese village? – While the houses in Dali village have electricity, not all families can afford appliances like washing machines. Incomes, on average, are less than a third of those in cities.
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Photos: In pictures: Rural life in China
What's life like in a Chinese village? – Rural schools are often run down and under funded but Dali's children got a new elementary school building in 2007. According to the Rural China Education Foundation, nearly half of rural children in some areas don't go to high school.
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