From TimesOnline:
China sent in the Army to restore order today after a student was killed and dozens of people were hurt when police in a central Chinese town used batons to beat back 20,000 villagers demonstrating against a steep rise in bus fares.
The unusually large and violent protest reflected the difficulties faced by hundreds of millions of poor farmers struggling to eke out a living on the land while market-oriented economic reforms are bringing prosperity much more rapidly to China’s urban population.
The protest is likely to embarrass the Government, which is holding the 12-day annual session of China’s parliament, the National People’s Congress, in Beijing. [Full Text]
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