{"id":122376,"date":"2011-07-12T15:23:48","date_gmt":"2011-07-12T22:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=122376"},"modified":"2011-07-12T19:29:11","modified_gmt":"2011-07-13T02:29:11","slug":"why-liu-pings-candidacy-failed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2011\/07\/why-liu-pings-candidacy-failed\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Liu Ping&#8217;s Candidacy Failed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Caixin Online reports on the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/english.caing.com\/2011-06-07\/100266830.html\">hardships one local woman faced while trying to run as an independent candidate in a Jiangxi election<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Liu Ping wanted to be an everyman&#8217;s candidate in a race for a local delegate  to the National People&#8217;s Congress. She wanted to represent her neighbors in the  Yushu District of Xinyu, a city in Jiangxi Province. She gave it her all.<\/p>\n<p>But the high-school educated woman who retired in 2009 from Yuanxingang  Equipment and Materials Co., a branch of Xinyu Iron and Steel Group, found all  roads blocked.<\/p>\n<p>One apparent reason was that Liu had tried to stand up for worker rights by  bringing a local grievance petition to the central government in Beijing. For  her activist stance, she was detained by authorities and later released.<\/p>\n<p>In bidding for NPC candidacy, Liu said she spent almost all her time making  speeches in a bid for a candidate&#8217;s slot after an official election list was  posted April 15.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read more about the<a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/china\/independent-candidacies\"> independent candidacies movement<\/a> in China via CDT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caixin Online reports on the hardships one local woman faced while trying to run as an independent candidate in a Jiangxi election. Liu Ping wanted to be an everyman&#8217;s candidate in a race for a local delegate to the National People&#8217;s Congress. 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