Rural China under the COVID‐19 pandemic: Differentiated impacts, rural–urban inequality and agro‐industrialization

• Main Authors: ZHANG, Forrest Q., HU, Zhanping
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2021
• Subjects: COVID‐19 pandemic; food system; hukou; livelihood diversification; rural differentiation; Asian Studies; Civic and Community Engagement
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3411; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4669/viewcontent/joac.12425.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

We use field data collected in a village in northern China to examine the impacts of the COVID‐19 pandemic on rural economy and livelihoods. The lockdown effectively protected the village from the pandemic, resulting in zero infection. The economic impacts were mostly negative but differentiated acr...