NEW YORK, February 18, 2015 — In a discussion centered on his new book In Manchuria: A Village Called Wasteland and the Transformation of Rural China, author Michael Meyer describes the depopulation of China's rural areas, and attendant pressures on its agriculture, to fellow writer Ian Buruma. Presented by ChinaFile, the online magazine of Asia Society's Center on U.S.-China Relations. (3 min., 26 sec.)

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