[lbo-talk] Chinese Village Locked in Rebellion Against Authorities

[Carrol Cox]

There were innumerable uprisings of this sort in the British countryside
during the 16th-c. Emerging capitalism has its rough spots, usually quite
roughly smoothed out, with the lubricant of human blood.

Carrol

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December 14, 2011

Chinese Village Locked in Rebellion Against Authorities

By ANDREW JACOBS

BEIJING — A long-running dispute between farmers and local officials in
southern China exploded into open rebellion this week after villagers chased
away government leaders, set up roadblocks and began arming themselves with
homemade weapons, residents said.

The conflict in Wukan, a coastal settlement in the country’s booming
industrial heartland in Guangdong Province, escalated on Monday after
residents learned that one of the representatives they had selected to
negotiate with the local Communist Party had died in police custody. The
authorities say a heart attack killed the 42-year-old man, but relatives say
his body bore signs of torture.

Spasms of social unrest in China have become increasingly common, a
reflection of the widening income gap and deepening unhappiness with
official corruption and an unresponsive justice system.

But the clashes in Wukan, which first erupted in September, appear to be
unusual for their longevity — and for the brazenness of the participants.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/15/world/asia/chinese-village-locked-in-rebel
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