The official Xinhua news agency said a 16-year-old boy, who had fallen ill on January 8, died in the city of Huaihua in central Hunan province.

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He says his research in Hengyang, a county of central Hunan Province, earlier this year found that, in order to balance their budgets, governments were cutting various payments to peasants.

ECONOMIST: China