White Horse Village: Party hero's fall from grace

China's government is building new cities across the country on an epic scale, hoping to turn hundreds of millions of inland farmers into urban workers and consumers to drive the next stage of economic growth.

For ten years, our China Editor Carrie Gracie has followed the fortunes of one rural community being transformed into a city.

White Horse Village is a microcosm of China.

Even at the grassroots level, the task of managing China's turbulent change creates enormous pressures on the individuals involved.

Xiang Caiguo was the Communist Party Secretary in White Horse Village, but he could not have predicted how the change to his home would change his life.

Read more about White Horse Village: Xiao Zhang, explains how the new city has liberated her and other women.