China's cautious land-reform tests cast doubt on big urban vision

CHENGDU, China: Tan Yingyu is one of China's 200 million migrant workers and like many he is stuck: he does not want to return to his village but also cannot become a legal resident in the city ofChengdu, where he has worked for nearly 20 years.

His dilemma highlights a key issue for China's reformist leaders as they look for ways to encourage more people to move to cities to help turn a credit- and investment-driven economy into a consumer-powered one.