From AP, via Boston.com:
The violence Dec. 6 in Dongzhou, northeast of Hong Kong, was the deadliest in a series of confrontations throughout China between police and villagers angry at corruption and land seizures.Witnesses said police fired rounds for more than 12 hours as thousands demonstrated over inadequate compensation for land used to build a coal-fired power plant.In an apparent effort to diffuse local anger over the incident, the Chinese government has detained the commander of forces that shot and killed people. The government put the death toll at three, while villagers said as many as 20 were killed.
