Lament over a 'lost' hometown strikes a chord with rural young

"Where is my lost hometown?" In a recent article, Wang Leiguang, a Ph.D. candidate at Shanghai University, painted for his rural hometown a picture of economic deterioration, increasingly colder interpersonal relations, and naked utilitarianism sweeping every corner. He lamented that many people's hometown are being lost in this way. The article has become very popular, with many young people sharing his feelings. Comments:

According to latest data, the urbanization rate of China was 54.77 at the end of 2014, which means the number of urban residents was greater than the number of rural residents. The urbanization trend will continue. Since the majority of the elite, working population flow into cities, economic deterioration of the rural regions is inevitable. For those growing up in these areas, the process might be painful and full of conflicts, but the trend towards more convenient lives is irreversible. The question is not how to equalize cities and villages, but how to make the remaining rural regions prosperous, too.

Beijing News, Feb 26