China Seeds of Revolution
As the People’s Republic of China celebrates its 60thanniversary, the fate of its land remains an unsettled issue. The question of rural land rights strikes at the heart of a struggle over how the party seeks to define itself, and the nation in the future. It brings the Central government to a crossroads: will it continue further down the path of economic reform, or hold true to collective ownership, one of the few remaining pillars of modern China’s founding father, Mao Zedong?