The cuts and high food prices have led to further economic hardships and a surge in poverty, especially for the majority of rural residents.

削减支出和高食品价格危机使经济进一步陷入困境，也导致贫困人口猛增，其中绝大部分为农村居民。

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The premiums may sound small for such potentially great rewards. But for rural residents, who earned on average 3, 371 yuan last year, 15 yuan amounts to nearly two days' income.

对潜在的巨额酬金来说也许是个小数目，但对去年平均年收入只有3千371元的农村居民来说，15元是将近2天的收入。

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Interest rates would rise for most borrowers, but urban and rural residents could see sharper increases than the coveted customers in the suburbs.

虽说郊区大部分贷款者将承受利率上涨，但相对而言，城市和农村的利率涨幅将加剧。

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The report said the demand for broadband among deep rural residents was not being met and that many continued to experience variable mobile phone reception.

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