China-related blogs have done a good job of reporting on the bestselling "China's Peasants: A Study" by Chen Guidi and Wu Chuntao. The book has caused a stir with its unforgiving descriptions of the hardships that China's billion strong peasant population faces.

Blogs:
Peking Duck
Brainysmurf
EastSouthWestNorth

Print media:
China Newsweek
The Daily Telegraph

UPDATE: Shanghai Eye has a piece on nongmin here