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thenewgreen  ·  3431 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Adventures in Inner Mongolia

    Despite appearances, many residents here are wealthy. The government has appropriated much of the village land for a highway expansion project, rewarding the displaced farmers with considerable sums.
China seems like such a weird juxtaposition of wealth/poverty, old customs/new technology.

His grandmother is awesome looking. Almost looks like she has a "grill." -Maybe via the bounty from the government appropriated land.