NY Times# Economics - 经济
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His boss at a government road project stopped paying him. Mr. Zheng was given
I.O.U.'s, totaling $200. He made trips to the county construction bureau to
demand payment. Officials alternately blamed middlemen and superiors. Nobody
got paid.
Then Mr. Zheng's wife, who is 78, took ill with lung disease. Like most
peasants, they have no medical insurance. The hospital demanded $250 for
treatment and drugs. The family savings were exhausted.
As Qingming entered the final half of his se
His boss at a government road project stopped paying him. Mr. Zheng was given
I.O.U.'s, totaling $200. He made trips to the county construction bureau to
demand payment. Officials alternately blamed middlemen and superiors. Nobody
got paid.
Then Mr. Zheng's wife, who is 78, took ill with lung disease. Like most
peasants, they have no medical insurance. The hospital demanded $250 for
treatment and drugs. The family savings were exhausted.
As Qingming entered the final half of his se