In Lijia Village on the outskirts of a certain city, Li Wanqiang is squatting on a field ridge, clutching the People's Daily he has just brought back from the county seat. The newspaper carries a report on the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee. He reads it over and over, his eyes shining. “Reform and opening up,” “economic development,” “rural reform”... These words take root in his heart like seeds.
