{"id":2749,"date":"2005-04-18T07:16:41","date_gmt":"2005-04-18T14:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2005\/04\/18\/jonathan-watts-a-bloody-revolt-in-a-tiny-village-challenges-the-rulers-of-china\/"},"modified":"2005-04-18T07:16:41","modified_gmt":"2005-04-18T14:16:41","slug":"jonathan-watts-a-bloody-revolt-in-a-tiny-village-challenges-the-rulers-of-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2005\/04\/jonathan-watts-a-bloody-revolt-in-a-tiny-village-challenges-the-rulers-of-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan Watts: A bloody revolt in a tiny village challenges the rulers of China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/journalism.berkeley.edu\/projects\/chinadn\/en\/images\/Huankantou150405.gif\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/journalism.berkeley.edu\/projects\/chinadn\/en\/images\/Huankantou150405.gif','popup','width=128+20,height=256+20,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/journalism.berkeley.edu\/projects\/chinadn\/en\/images\/Huankantou150405-tm.jpg\" height=\"100\" width=\"50\" alt=\"Huankantou150405\" \/><\/a> From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/china\/story\/0,7369,1460263,00.html\">Guardian Unlimited:<\/a> <em>Jonathan Watts reports from Huankantou where protesters angry at corruption and poverty repelled 1,000 riot police. But now fear is replacing euphoria.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nThere is a strange new sightseeing attraction in this normally sleepy corner of the Chinese countryside: smashed police cars, rows of trashed buses and dented riot helmets.<\/p>\n<p>They are the trophies of a battle in which peasants scored a rare and bloody victory against the communist authorities, who face one of the most serious popular challenges to their rule in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>In driving off more than 1,000 riot police at the start of the week, Huankantou village in Zhejiang province is at the crest of a wave of anarchy that has seen millions of impoverished farmers block roads and launch protests against official corruption, environmental destruction and the growing gap between urban wealth and rural poverty.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Guardian Unlimited: Jonathan Watts reports from Huankantou where protesters angry at corruption and poverty repelled 1,000 riot police. 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