Appendix I: Chinese Terms

Pinyin

Chinese

English

Anju gongcheng

安居工程

Comfortable Housing project

Badao nongjia

八道农家

Eight connections to rural homes

Changzhi jiu’an

长治久安

Long term peace and stability

Facai

发菜

Wild grass (or “black moss”)

Fupin

扶贫

Poverty alleviation

Hanhua

汉化

Sinization

Jianshe xin shehuizhuyi nongcun

社会主义新农村建设

Build a New Socialist Countryside

Jiaohao

较好

Fair

Jitidi

集体地

Collective land

Kang

炕

Raised, heated floor

Kuayueshi fazhan zhanlüe

跨越式发展

Leapfrog Development strategy

Qiangzhi yimin

强制移民

Forcible migration

Qiaodong

撬动

Pry away, get

Shengtai yimin

生态移民

Environmental migration

Tuigeng huanlin

退耕还林

Reverting farmland to forest

Tuimu huancao

退牧还草

Reverting pasture to grassland

Xibu da kaifa

西部大开发

Great Development of the West

Xingbian fumin

兴边富民

Border areas revitalization

Yi

亿

One hundred million

Youxiu 

优秀

Excellent

Yuan Zang

援藏

Helping Tibet

Ziliudi

自留地

Privately managed plots

Zichou zijin

自筹资金

Self-raised funds

Zixin pingding 

资信评定

Creditworthiness assessments