Tag: Xue Jinbo

Bo Xilai CCP corruption democracy detention Great Firewall of China Guangdong Hu Jintao Internet censorship Jackie Chan land land grab land grabs Lin Zuluan Lufeng mass incidents microblogs Occupy Wall Street online public opinion police brutality police force protests sina weibo sinaweibo stability village elections Wang Yang weibo Wukan Xue Jianwan

All Eyes on Wukan as Polls Open (Updated)

Villagers in Wukan cast their votes Saturday to fill seats on a new village committee, only a few months after violent protests over corrupt land grabs and the death of a detained villager drove away local officials and yielded concessions from Guangdong party leaders. From Channel News Asia: A carnival atmosphere prevailed in Wukan on Saturday with mothers carrying their babies and elderly women t