Click Here to Read: Once a Symbol of Power, Farming Now an Economic Drag in China By Ian Johnson in The New York Times on October 12, 2014.
Li Haiwen, 47, grows medicinal plants, rather than grain, on the plot of land he rents from the local government in Yangling. “The more grain you plant,” he said, “the poorer you get.”CreditGilles Sabrie for The New York Times