From Chinaelections.org: There have been quite a few violent confrontations between the authorities and the “unwitting” Chinese people recently. From Hanyuan in Sichuan to Wanzhou in Chongqing, from Dongyang in...
The Chinese government has suspended the hydroelectric dam project in Hanyuan County, Sichuan, following large-scale, violent protests in which two people were reportedly killed. A village party secretary was removed from his post this month, though no official reason was given: “The central government has sent down a work group and it is now dealing […]
According to Hong Kong press reports, President Hu Jintao has intervened in the large-scale protests over the building of a hydroelectric dam in Hanyuan County, Sichuan and has ordered work open the dam halted until the relocation issue can be resolved. The Straits Times reports that, “In the edict conveyed by State Council deputy secretary-general […]
From Asia Times, Li Yongyan wrote: “While Mao Zedong executed an occasional protester at public meetings and Deng Xiaoping ordered the Tiananmen students dispersed and killed with machine-guns, all President Hu does now is offer appeasement. And that represents weakness in the eyes of opportunists ready to seize on any perceived failing. Beijing is not […]
“Residents of Sichuan province’s Hanyuan county, the scene of violent clashes over a hydroelectric dam, said they would stop holding protests unless construction of the project resumed. A villager from Dashu township yesterday said local television reported that the central government had ordered a halt to the Pubugou project, after riots last week left two […]
“Up to 100,000 farmers clashed with police in south-west China, protesting against compensation payments for farmland requisitioned to make way for a hydroelectric plant, local residents and reports said. Unrest at the Pubugou hydroelectric project on the Dadu river in Sichuan province began last Thursday and peaked on Friday when locals marched on the Hanyuan […]
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