Balancing bundles and straw bags on poles, women come into Shanghai from towns and villages on the outskirts to do their shopping, June 14, 1961. Workers' average yearly income on a farming commune in Hangchow is the equivalent of $250, some of which is paid in food. but people are able to withstand the hardships, convinced of a brighter future. (AP Photo/Yomiuri Shimbun/Shikashige Haraikawa)