English to Persian (Farsi) Other Economics

Not much has changed for Qitaihe miners in 30 years—except the world around them. The privatization of some local mines, along with alleged government corruption, has spawned a prosperous new class that exists side by side with the old. Modern high-rises tower over huts in Xinjian Coal Miners' Village; sleek black Audi sedans zoom past miners straining to haul wooden carts up a hill. The wealth has not trickled down to Chang and his family. In the shadow of a coal mountain, he and his wife, Yuan Chenglian, subsist on a diet of cabbage, potatoes, and corn gruel, splurging on meat only twice a year.