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A NEW HOUSE OR a NEW LIFE? a Case Study of Involuntary A New House or a New Life? A Case Study of Involuntary Resettlement in the South-North Water Transfer Project in Henan China Turi Lindalen MA. Thesis (60 credits) Chinese Society and Politics Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Language UNIVERSITY OF OSLO Autumn 2012 II A NEW HOUSE OR A NEW LIFE? A Case Study of Involuntary Resettlement in the South-North Water Transfer Project in Henan China Turi Lindalen 2012 III Copyright Turi Lindalen 2012 A new house or a new life? Turi Lindalen http://www.duo.uio.no Print: Reprosentralen, Universitetet i Oslo IV Abstract In the last decades involuntary resettlement has forced millions of people to leave their homes all over the world. There are in many cases a direct link between resettlement and impoverishment. China has in the last decades done a tremendous effort to improve their resettlement policies and lift the impoverished resettled population out of poverty. The purpose of this paper is to research the experiences of resettlers who have been moved in the South-North Water Transfer Resettlement Project in Henan, China. The South-North Water Transfer is a water infrastructure project, which will, by constructing three canals, transfer water from the south to the north of China. In this project more than 300 000 people will be relocated. The research is based on qualitative data from observations and interviews in Xichuan County and Zhengzhou in Henan, China. Further, texts from government web pages have also been used. Findings from interviews and observations show that the South-North Water Transfer resettlers in Henan, who are at an early stage in the resettlement, say that their lives have not been changed to any greater extent. The resettlers have been provided with new housings of a good quality. Most resettlers have lost land, which is a risk of impoverishment. This thesis also shows that there is a direct link between the distance relocated and whether or not the resettlers feel that their life has changed. This is the first empirical work to explore the resettlement process caused by the South-North Water Transfer in Henan. V VI Acknowledgements First and foremost I would like to express my sincere appreciation to my advisor, Mette Halskov Hansen. Thank you for your guidance, encouragement and continuous support through the course of this work. The advice and support from Pang Cuiming have also been invaluable in the planning phase of the project. This work could not have been executed without the help of my Chinese friends, who have opened their doors for me, introduced me to several resettlers and acted as guides for me. A special thanks goes to Kath and her family for their hospitality. I would also like to thank my interviewees for taking time to talk to me. 谢谢大家！ Tori, Sunniva, Elisabeth and Max, thank you all so much for your invaluable help proof reading my thesis. I am very grateful for your kindness and support. Anne Christine Lie has read all my chapters and has with her cleverness and insight made this thesis clear and readable, I don’t have words to express my gratitude to you. I also want to thank all of my fellow students at IKOS, for providing me with a cultivating study environment. An extra warm thanks go to my “partners in crime” Vetle and Trine for being excellent listeners and problems solvers, your company has made this process possible. At last thanks to all my friends and family for supporting me. Tori and Espen thank you for being the best roomies in the world! My family, especially mor og far, thank you for being understanding and supportive throughout my studies. 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