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Minitrue: Do Not Report on Wukan Mass Incident

Posted by Josh Rudolph | Jun 21, 2016

The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...

Wukan Villagers Protest After Village Chief’s Detention

Posted by Josh Rudolph | Jun 20, 2016

In September of 2011, villagers in Wukan, Guangdong, launched an anti-corruption protest after...

May 4th, Tiananmen, Wukan, and HK’s Umbrella Protests

Posted by Samuel Wade | Oct 8, 2014

With the 25th anniversary of the 1989 June 4th crackdown still fresh in memory (at least outside...

Wukan Youth: Zhang Jianxing

Posted by Josh Rudolph | Jun 19, 2014

Land prices in China have risen steadily since the economic reforms of the late 70s and 80s, but...

Second Wukan Deputy Chief Detained for Bribery

Posted by Samuel Wade | Mar 20, 2014

The second of two Wukan village leaders who warned this month of a resurgence by the...

Wukan Protest Leader Accused of Bribery

Posted by Samuel Wade | Mar 14, 2014

Yang Semao, a protest leader turned deputy village chief in the democratic Petri dish of Wukan,...

Party Old Guard Retaking Reins in Wukan

Posted by Samuel Wade | Mar 3, 2014

Following a gradual erosion of faith in Wukan’s democratic experiment, South China Morning...

Wukan Loses Faith in Democracy Experiment

Posted by Samuel Wade | Jan 17, 2014

South China Morning Post’s Echo Hui reports that the limited democracy in the Guangdong...

‘Wukan: After The Uprising’ Premieres On Al Jazeera

Posted by Grace | Jul 6, 2013

Al Jazeera English premiers a four-part documentary series, Wukan: After the Uprising, taking an in-depth look at the village’s experience of grassroots democracy following protests over illegal government land grabs in...

Shine Has Worn Off Wukan’s Early Triumphs

Posted by Scott Greene | Mar 4, 2013

While a disputed land sale has sparked protests and demands for democracy in the Guangdong village of Shangpu, Reuters reports that “spring is over” in the nearby village of Wukan, which made headlines last year for...