https://www.scmp.com/rss/510960/feed Han Wang is a PhD candidate in economic geography at the London School of Economics and a consultant at Asian Development Bank. Han’s research focuses on governance, inequality and social protections. His interest covers Asia and Europe. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Village governments were once a dynamic force in China. Back in the early days of economic reform, when policy was guided by pragmatism, pilot projects were tested out in villages, which are at the lowest level of the Chinese government hierarchy. Breakthrough reforms, such as land reform and democratic elections, were all implemented in this vast experimental field. Such pilot schemes launched in villages between the late 1970s and the 2000s are perhaps best encapsulated in the saying “crossing... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3152050/why-villages-and-rural-governments-are-being-erased-across-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3152050/why-villages-and-rural-governments-are-being-erased-across-china?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 12 Oct 2021 19:30:20 +0000