The Coming China Wars: Where They Will Be Fought and How They Can Be Won, Revised and Expanded Edition
by Peter Navarro
Peasants with Pitchforks
In a very short time, several hundred million peasants will rise like a mighty storm, like a hurricane. They will sweep all the imperialists, warlords, corrupt officials, local tyrants, and evil gentry into their graves.
—Mao Zedong, 1927
Almost 60% of the Chinese population is involved in agriculture, the average farmer’s yearly income is a mere $400, and the vast majority of peasant families have only very small plots on which to eke out a very tough living. Because of the more than half a billion peasants in China and the harsh conditions they face, no specter is more chilling to the central government in Beijing than a peasant-led rebellion.
Despite their fear of a peasant revolt, China’s Communist Party leadership ...
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