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The Urumchi
Evening News newspaper published recently figures for
the last year of the average annual income per farmer
households. According to the statistics, average per
capita income in Eastern Turkistan in 2001 equaled
1,710.4 Yuan. This figure is much below the average
all-China indicator, 2,336.4 Yuan. Xinjiang is ranked in
the 25th place according to these figures in China. The
Eastern Turkistan farmers have been positioned in this
poverty rating for 6 years in a row. |