Chen Guidi

	Chen Guidi Chen Guidi (陳桂棣; born November 1942) is a Chinese writer from Huaiyuan county, Anhui. The book ''A Survey of the Chinese Peasants'' (中国农民调查 / 中國農民調查 Zhōngguó Nóngmín Diàochá) which he co-wrote with his wife Wu Chuntao (born 1963) was published in January 2004 but banned by the Communist Party in March of that year. It nevertheless won the 2004 Lettre Ulysses Award. It has been retitled and reprinted in English as Will the Boat Sink the Water ''Will the Boat Sink the Water?:The Life of China's Peasants,'' is a 2006 non-fiction book authored by husband and wife team Chen Guidi and Wu Chuntao. It is the English translation of ''Zhongguo Nongmin Diaocha'' (中国农民调查, "An Inves .... ReferencesAsia Times Jan 22, 2005 1942 births Chinese non-fiction writers Living people People's Republic of China writers People from Bengbu Writers from Anhui 21st-century Chinese writers {{China-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Huaiyuan Huaiyuan County (Postal: Hweiyuen; ) is a county in the north of Anhui Province, China. It is under the administration of Bengbu Bengbu () is a city in northern Anhui Province, China. Its population was 3,296,408 registered residents at the 2020 census. 1,968,027 lived in the built-up area made of four Bengbu urban districts and Fengyang County in Chuzhou Prefecture, larg ... city. Administrative divisions In the present, Huaiyuan County has 10 towns and 5 townships. ;10 Towns ;9 Townships Climate References Bengbu {{Bengbu-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Anhui Anhui , (; formerly romanized as Anhwei) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the East China region. Its provincial capital and largest city is Hefei. The province is located across the basins of the Yangtze River and the Huai River, bordering Jiangsu to the east, Zhejiang to the southeast, Jiangxi to the south, Hubei to the southwest, Henan to the northwest, and Shandong for a short section in the north. With a population of 63.65 million, Anhui is the 8th most populous province in China. It is the 22nd largest Chinese province based on area, and the 12th most densely-populated region of all 34 Chinese provincial regions. Anhui's population is mostly composed of Han Chinese. Languages spoken within the province include Jianghuai Mandarin, Wu, Hui, Gan and small portion of Zhongyuan Mandarin Chinese. The name "Anhui" derives from the names of two cities: Anqing and Huizhou (now Huangshan City). The abbreviation for Anhui is "" after the histori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	A Survey Of The Chinese Peasants ''Will the Boat Sink the Water?:The Life of China's Peasants,'' is a 2006 non-fiction book authored by husband and wife team Chen Guidi and Wu Chuntao. It is the English translation of ''Zhongguo Nongmin Diaocha'' (中国农民调查, "An Investigation of Chinese Peasants"), published in Chinese in 2004.Joseph KahnPainting the Peasants Into the Portrait of China's Economic BoomNew York Times (book review), 7 August 2006. The book features four cases of villages where there was excessive extraction of taxes and the like by local CCP cadres and peasant protest in response to this, in the poorer parts of predominantly rural Anhui province. It then provides a more analytical discussion of the historical background and the institutional sources of the conflicts between the local CCP leadership and the peasantry. Publication history Excerpts of the Chinese-language edition of "An Investigation of Chinese Peasants" was published in late 2003 in China, selling roughly 100,000 copies. Wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Wu Chuntao Wu Chuntao () is a Chinese author and journalist best known for co-authoring the award-winning ''Will the Boat Sink the Water'' (also known as ''A Survey of Chinese Peasants'') with her husband, Chen Guidi. Born into a peasant family in rural Hunan province in 1963,Lettre Ulysses AwardChen Guidi & Wu Chuntao, China Wu is a member of the Hefei Literature Association, and a recipient of 2004 Lettre Ulysses Award. Her investigative reportage has also earned her recognition from the U.S.-based journal ''Contemporary Age''. Career Wu met Chen Guidi while attending a writers' conference in Beijing in 1991. Although he was twenty years her senior and already a well established novelist and playwright, Wu was critical of Chen's writing style—particularly the authenticity of his female characters. The two established a rapport, and were married soon thereafter.Susan JakesChen Guidi & Wu ChuntaoTime, 3 October 2005. They began working on collaborative writing projects, and in 2001 trave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]