The first two editions of Chen Village presented an enthralling account of a Chinese village in the throes of Maoist revolution followed by dramatic changes in village life & local politics during the Deng Xiaoping period Now more than a decade & a half later the authors have returned to Chen Village & in three new chapters they explore astonishing developments The once-backwater village is today a center of China's export industry where more than 50000 workers labor in modern factories ruled by the village government This new edition of Chen Village illuminates in microcosm the recent history of rural China up to the present time