Also see the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment’s “Chronic Toxicity Summary: N, N-Dimethylformamide,” December 2000.
Part II
annual per capita GDP: This figure, and the statistics about Lishui infrastructure, are from Yang Xiaohong, director of Lishui’s Economy Trade Committee.
infrastructure investment: This figure, along with the statistic about real estate, is from the local Lishui newspaper:
Lan Yan. “Wo Shi Jingji Baochi Jiao Kuai Zengzhang” [Our City Maintains a Relatively Fast Rate of Growth]. Chuzhou Wanbao [Chuzhou Evening News], July 28, 2006, p. 5.
Square and Round: For background on this self-help book, see:
Chang, Leslie T. Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China. New York: Spiegel & Grau, 2008.
Francis Cabot Lowell: For background on Lowell, see the introduction to:
Eisler, Benita, editor. The Lowell Offering: Writings by New England Mill Women (1840–1845). New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1998.
speeding ticket: Background on radar tickets in Zhejiang came from interviews with local police officers.
Part III
70 percent of Lishui’s total consumption of electricity: This figure is from director Yang Xiaohong.
number of Lishui households buying an automobile:
Zhang Qiao. “Mei Qian Hu Jumin Jiating Goumai Yong Qiche 20 Liang” [For Every Thousand Households, 20 New Cars Were Purchased]. Chuzhou Wanbao [Chuzhou Evening News], July 27, 2006.
87,000 “public-order disturbances”: “China Handles 87,000 Public Order Disturbance Cases.” People’s Daily, January 20, 2006.
Ancient Weir Art Village: For background on the Dagangtou artists’ commune, I referred to the local government proposal “Guyan Huaxiang Huibao Cailiao” [Report on the Ancient Weir Art Village], as well as:
Lan Weirong. “Lishui Huaxiang Chuangzuo Jidi Zai Quan Sheng Shao Jian” [The Lishui Artists’ Village Creates a Unique Base in the Province]. Chuzhou Wanbao [Chuzhou Evening News], November 29, 2006.
Part IV
the Yintai real estate company: For background on the Yintai case:
Zhang Daosheng. “Lishui Yintai Fanchan Feifa Jizi An Wancheng Jiezi Hu Zhaiquan Shenbao Shenhe” [Creditors’ Rights Are Declared in the Yintai Real Estate Illegal Fund-Raising Case]. Xinhua, March 4, 2009.
Dong Bishui. “Zhejiang Fangchan Shang Da Guimo Mingjian Rongzi Ju Kui 8 Yi Sun Ji 3 Wan Renci” [Large-scale Privately Invested Zhejiang Company Loses 800 Million Yuan and Damages 30,000 Investor Units]. Zhongguo Qingnian Bao, September 23, 2008.
Jiang Dongliang. “Feifa Jizi Zhi Huan” [The Anxiety Over Illegal Fund-Raising]. Faren, February 2, 2009.
two-year stimulus plan:
Barboza, David. “China Unveils Sweeping Plan for Economy.” The New York Times, November 9, 2008.
targeted rural regions: For background on the role of rural consumers in the stimulus plan, as well as proposed changes to rural land-use laws, see Cheng Li, “Hu Jintao’s Land Reform” (referred to earlier).
national economy was still growing:
Barboza, David. “Economy in China Regains Robust Pace of Growth.” The New York Times, July 17, 2009.
Chinese consumers bought more motor vehicles:
Bradsher, Keith. “China Influence Grows with Its Car Sales.” The New York Times, April 21, 2009.
About the Author
PETER HESSLER is a staff writer at The New Yorker, where he served as the Beijing correspondent from 2000 to 2007, and is also a contributing writer for National Geographic. He is the author of River Town, which won the Kiriyama Book Prize, and Oracle Bones, which was a finalist for the National Book Award. He won the 2008 National Magazine Award for excellence in reporting.
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Country driving : a journey through China from farm to factory / Peter Hessler.
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