Surveillance and Silence in China’s Democracy Village
Wukan, once hailed as China’s “democracy village,” has become a site of intense...
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LatestNine Imprisoned for up to Ten Years Over Wukan Protests
The Guangdong village of Wukan won global fame and some democratic concessions in 2011 when...
Leadership Maneuvers From Tianjin to Wukan
Next year’s 19th Party Congress is expected to bring a major restructuring of China’s...
A Violent End to Wukan’s Democratic Experiment
A government crackdown in Wukan is once again drawing international media attention to the small...
Wukan: Press Expelled, Rewards Offered
The fishing village of Wukan, Guangdong remains under tight security following a violent clash...
Wukan Villagers Describe Police Violence
Following reports yesterday of a bloody crackdown in Wukan, Guangdong, Reuters’ James...
Badiucao (巴丢草): Blood Flows in Wukan
At Reuters, Venus Wu and James Pomfret report that riot police in Wukan, Guangdong fired rubber...
Former Wukan Chief Sentenced to 3 Years in Jail
At the South China Morning Post, Mimi Lau reports that Lin Zuluan, the former village chief of...
Blogger Lu Yuyu & Former Wukan Chief Arrested
Citizen journalist Lu Yuyu and his girlfriend Li Tingyu have been chronicling “mass...
Family of Wukan Chief Denies Gov’t Appointed Lawyers
Five years after protests against the official seizure of public land led to local...
Blogger Lu Yuyu Detained for “Picking Quarrels”
Friends and associates of citizen journalist Lu Yuyu, known as @wickedonnaa on Twitter, feared he...
Lawyers Harassed as Wukan Protests Continue
Five years after launching protests against officials’ seizure of public land that led to...
Word of the Week: Shanwei Form
The Word of the Week comes from the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by...
Minitrue: Do Not Report on Wukan Mass Incident
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Wukan Villagers Protest After Village Chief’s Detention
In September of 2011, villagers in Wukan, Guangdong, launched an anti-corruption protest after...
Hu Deping on Rule of Law and Political Reform
Economist and politician Hu Deping may be best known as the son of Hu Yaobang, the party leader...
The Long Shadow of 2012’s Shifang Protests
Protests against a planned molybdenum copper plant in Shifang, Sichuan were hailed as a triumph of...
May 4th, Tiananmen, Wukan, and HK’s Umbrella Protests
With the 25th anniversary of the 1989 June 4th crackdown still fresh in memory (at least outside...
