1. Skim Giles and Yoo (2006), which used RCRE village and household survey data. I don't know how to get access to the data...

2. Wei invited a few Chinese students including me to have dinner in his corridor. He got drunk and talked a lot. He even recited a line by CuiHao,

晴川历历汉阳树，芳草萋萋鹦鹉洲

which can be literally translated to 'Across the sunlit river, clearly seen are Hanyang’s trees/ And Parrot Island’s teeming, fragrant grasses.' You see, it is far from the original...

I felt a bit sad seeing Wei drinking and throwing up. I am lucky in this sense as I do not feel so lonely here. What I miss most about China are a few lines like the one he mentioned.