One significant change in rural areas in China early in the 20 th century is that state control over such places was increasingly tightened.

20世纪初期的中国乡村有一个重大的变化，即国家竭尽全力、企图加深并加强其对乡村社会的控制。

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In China in the early 1980s, people were not entitled to look for a job themselves: all employment was assigned by the state.

在八十年代初的中国，个人是没有权利寻找自己的工作，工作都是国家分配的。

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