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"ref": "2012, Tim Wright, The Political Economy of the Chinese Coal Industry: Black Gold and Blood-stained Coal, Routledge, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 107",
"text": "As mines increasingly became privatized, the profits no longer necessarily came to the villages and a major dispute was triggered in Lin County (Shanxi) in 2008 partly because the population felt they had received no benefits from the local mines (Nanfang dushi bao 22 October 2009).",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2018 May 11, Joseph Campbell, Elias Glenn, “Better off in a cave: Chinese count costs of apartments in anti-poverty campaign”, in Darren Schuettler, Clarence Fernandez, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 2018-11-24, World News",
"text": "Li Caidong, 68, who has lived in a cave his entire life in Lin county, stands outside his cave, at sunset in Lin county, Shanxi province, China March 14, 2018.[…]\nThe relocations are voluntary, say residents of Lin county, but Guo sees no reason to abandon her cave house.[…]\n“Our work has been proceeding smoothly,” Liu Yongfu, an official handling poverty alleviation and development efforts, told a news conference in Beijing in March. “The common folk are very supportive.” But authorities in Lin county declined to comment on their relocation plans when contacted by Reuters.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A county of Lüliang, Shanxi, China."
],
"links": [
[
"Lüliang",
"Lüliang#English"
],
[
"Shanxi",
"Shanxi#English"
],
[
"China",
"China#English"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈlɪn/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪn"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "county",
"word": "臨"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Lín",
"sense": "county",
"word": "临"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Lin"
],
"word": "Lin"
}
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