{"id":169771,"date":"2014-03-03T19:20:24","date_gmt":"2014-03-04T03:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=169771"},"modified":"2014-03-03T19:20:24","modified_gmt":"2014-03-04T03:20:24","slug":"party-old-guard-retaking-reins-wukan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/03\/party-old-guard-retaking-reins-wukan\/","title":{"rendered":"Party Old Guard Retaking Reins in Wukan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/01\/wukan-loses-faith-democracy-experiment\/\">a gradual erosion of faith in Wukan&#8217;s democratic experiment<\/a>, South China Morning Post&#8217;s Echo Hui reports that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/article\/1439293\/wukan-villages-future-under-threat-ex-cadres-retake-party-reins\"><strong>former leaders are regaining influence in the Guangdong village<\/strong><\/a>, while scheduled elections appear to be in doubt.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Last Friday, Xue Yubao, one of the former village bosses, was appointed by higher-level authorities in Donghai township to be the next deputy party secretary, while four of his associates will also be part of the nine-member Wukan party committee, according to deputy village chiefs Hong Ruichao and Yang Semao.<\/p>\n<p>Hong and Yang were among the leaders of the grass-roots revolt in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>[\u2026] The contentious appointments of ex-deputy village chief Xue and the other cadres came ahead of a scheduled new round of elections in Wukan, after the democratically elected representatives\u2019 tenure ends on March 6.<\/p>\n<p>However, even the upcoming elections are uncertain. Lin Zuluan, the democratically elected village chief, said he was still waiting for the order for elections from Lufeng city authorities. [<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/article\/1439293\/wukan-villages-future-under-threat-ex-cadres-retake-party-reins\">Source<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>See <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/china\/wukan\/\">more on the Wukan protests and their faltering aftermath<\/a> via CDT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following a gradual erosion of faith in Wukan&#8217;s democratic experiment, South China Morning Post&#8217;s Echo Hui reports that former leaders are regaining influence in the Guangdong village, while scheduled elections appear to be in doubt. 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