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How the Chinese Communist Party learnt to love villages

From a distance Xiaotao looks like any other village. But stroll down its main path and a café comes into view, with baristas manning an espresso machine. Next door is a tiny bakery with a wood-fired oven. Nearby, a farm-house pottery studio and an artist’s gallery.

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