Hu’s leadership has tried to draw public attention to the growing gap between rich and poor. But its reaction to the book A Survey of Chinese Peasants, which is based on interviews over several years with farmers in the poor province of Anhui, was a telling reminder that public intellectuals are not welcome to contribute to that effort.
胡锦涛的领导层试图将公众注意力集中到不断拉大的贫富差距上。但是，其对于&lt;&lt;中国农民调查&gt;&gt;一书的反应则有力地告诫：并不欢迎公共知识分子为减少贫富差距贡献力量。&lt;&lt;中国农民调查&gt;&gt;是基于对贫困省份安徽的农民的历时几年的访谈而写成。