Ongoing Conflict Over Land Rights in Rural China
In late March in Pingdu, Shandong Province, arsonists believed to have been hired by a village...
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Hu Deping on Wukan and Land Rights
Hu Deping, son of former Communist Party General Secretary Hu Yaobang, contributed this commentary to a forum discussing the December 22 People’s Daily editorial “What Does ‘Wukan’s Turn’ Mean for Us?” The discussion was...
Read MoreChinese Police Quash Protest Over Land Rights
While much media attention has focused on the ongoing crackdown on Chinese activists and writers, another protest has been crushed in a village in Yunnan Province. About 2000 villagers have been protesting for the past five days...
Read MoreLosing the Countryside: A Restive Peasantry Calls on Beijing For Land Rights
The Financial Times has followed up on the nascent land rights movement, and found the “loose association of journalists, academics, intellectuals and political activists” who coordinated the farmers’ actions:...
Read MoreChina’s Emerging Land Rights Movement
While many media and individual observers of China are compiling their lists of “top events” of 2007, the biggest story of this year seems to be just emerging. Following is news about four collective actions initiated by Chinese farmers across the country demanding their land rights, all this month. Mentioned in this article, by Beijing-based […]
Read MoreChina land rights lawyer released – BBC News
From BBC News: A prominent Chinese lawyer who helped Shanghai residents protest about the demolition of their homes has been released from prison. Zheng Enchong was freed from Tilanqiao prison after completing a three-year term for passing state secrets to foreigners. Before his arrest he helped hundreds of residents take action after they were left […]
Read MorePhoto: Farmer Wei Honghai: demanding protection of land rights, from www.gmwq.org, via boxun.com
Farmer Wei Honghai: demanding protection of land rights, from www.gmwq.org, via boxun.com
Read MoreChina Daily: Six killed as villagers clash over land rights
From China Daily: Six villagers were killed and eight badly hurt when several hundred allegedly hired thugs descended on a village in northern China and clashed with local residents over a land dispute. The incident occurred in the early hours of Saturday morning when five busloads of men ransacked Shengyou village in Hebei province with […]
Read MoreOlympic Athletes To Be Seen, Not Heard, Warns Beijing Organizing Committee
Olympians may face punishment for speech crimes if they criticize China while competing in Beijing, a member of the Beijing Organizing Committee warned in a press conference Tuesday. Prior to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the...
Read MoreA Plenum, a Plan… and a Paramount Leader?
The fifth plenum of China’s 19th Party Congress, a gathering of leaders on the Party’s Central Committee, ended today, October 29. The proceedings happened behind closed doors but early reports suggest that Xi Jinping will...
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