Nanjie
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This article is about the village in Linying County, Henan. For other uses, see Nanjie (disambiguation).
| Nanjie 南街村 |
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| Coordinates: 33°48′40.62″N 113°57′39.71″E / 33.8112833°N 113.9610306°ECoordinates: 33°48′40.62″N 113°57′39.71″E / 33.8112833°N 113.9610306°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Henan |
| Prefecture-level city | Luohe |
| County | Linying |
| Town | Chengguan |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Postal code | 411122 |
| Telephone area code | (0)395 |
Nanjie (Chinese: 南街村; pinyin: Nánjiē Cūn) is a village in Linying County, Henan province, China, widely reported as being the last Maoist village in China.[1][2][3] It is under the administration of the town of Chengguan, which also serves as the county seat.
It collectivised its agricultural production and industry in the mid 1980s - when the rest of the country was doing the opposite, introducing market reforms put forward by former leader Deng Xiaoping. It continues to be run on Maoist egalitarian lines and has become something of a tourist attraction because of its staunch adherence to the values of the past.
[edit] References
- ^ Cheng, Tony (2008-06-25). "China's last Maoist village". Al Jazeera English. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rStFovpAY54. Retrieved 2008-06-26.
- ^ Markus, Francis (2002-11-19). "Chinese village still in Mao era". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/2488905.stm. Retrieved 2011-06-24.
- ^ Wong, Edward (2011-06-24). "In China, a Place Where Maoism Still Reigns". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/magazine/in-china-a-place-where-maoism-still-reigns.html. Retrieved 2011-06-24.
[edit] External links
- Photographic series on Nanije
- Official Website (in Chinese and English)
- another documentary at CCTV (in Chinese)
- The Reddest Village in China: On the 90th anniversary of the Communist Party of China, Times reporters visit Nanjiecun, China, perhaps the country's last Maoist collective. NYTimes video by Jonah M. Kessel.
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