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To: RealMuLan who wrote (36698)7/29/2003 11:57:03 AM
From: RealMuLan  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 74559
 
Top Stories - The New York Times:Tide of China's Migrants: Flowing to Boom, or Bust?
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Mr. Cai expressed a common ambivalence about China's recent history. Life is a lot better than in the old days, he said. "Back then you were lucky if you had a pair of pants. But compared to a lot of other people these days, life here is very hard for us."

"Life was poorer under Mao, but it was also more equal," he said. "These days there's more rich and more poor. Overall, I think it was better under Mao."
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