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The empty stools of rural village life in China
Updated: 2011-09-02 13:27
(chinadaily.com.cn)
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![Xuan Peizhong, 67, his wife and his grandson, with more than ten stools reserved for the other family members who left village to work or study, sit in the home yard in Tuiziliang twon, Dingbian county, Northwest China’s Shaanxi province, August 23, 2011.[Photo/Xinhua] The empty stools of rural village life in China](../../images/attachement/jpg/site1/20110902/001aa018f83f0fca8d2f0c.jpg)
![Chen Songying, with four chairs reserved for her husband and two children who left home to work, sits in her farmland in front of her home in a village of Shizhuan town, Shikang city, Northwest China’s Shaanxi province, August, 29, 2011.[Photo/Xinhua] The empty stools of rural village life in China](../../images/attachement/jpg/site1/20110902/001aa018f83f0fca8d300e.jpg)
