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Wukan and the Rule of Law
The Jamestown Foundation’s Willy Lam reflects on the conciliatory approach taken by CCP officials in Guangdong to bring an end to the Wukan protests last month, warning that the fate of future mass incidents rests on the willingness of the authorities to uphold the rule of law: Does the Wukan case indeed mean that central- and local-level officials will henceforward lean toward relatively conciliatoryJanuary 8, 2012 9:19 PM
