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When officials in China want to legitimize a policy change, they often point to a local success story - just as every cause in the U.S. likes to have a poster child.
China is a big country, and local practices do vary across the land and over time. Class struggle goes on at all levels from the highest peaks of power to small villages.
For serious reporting of how agriculture fared under communes and after they were dissolved, see the writings of William Hinton.
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