Xi’s campaign to draw people back to graying rural China faces uphill battle

Liu Deke, 73, puffed away on a roll-up as he threshed stalks of
dried rapeseed on a large canvas sheet. Nearby, plumes of billowy
smoke from burning stalks drifted across the rice fields.

Liu Deke, 73, puffed away on a roll-up as he threshed stalks of
dried rapeseed on a large canvas sheet. Nearby, plumes of billowy
smoke from burning stalks drifted across the rice fields.