Provincial Boss Ordered Crackdown on China's 'Democracy Village' with Eye on National Power
Wukan is Hu Chunhua's tryout for the Politburo Standing Committee
Media
09.14.16
The Chinese Democratic Experiment that Never Was
Protesters in southern China are up in arms. They feel that Beijing’s promises that they’d be able to vote for their own local leaders have been honored in the breach. They’re outraged at the show of force in the face of peaceful protest, and...
Skepticism in China After Wukan Confession
Chinese protesters are not convinced by Mr. Lin’s video confession.....
Chinese Official Whose Arrest Stirred Protests Confesses To Taking Bribes
Mr. Lin is detained on suspicion of recieving bribes and abuse of power....
Censored: A Chinese Journalist’s Inside View
Journalist Liu Jianfeng worked at the China Economic Times newspaper in Beijing for fifteen years. Eventually, frustration with the nation’s state-controlled media system and pressure...
Still a Model? Revisiting the Rebel Village of Wukan
A little over a year ago, residents of the small southern Chinese fishing village of Wukan ransacked the offices of the local government in protest over a land grab by local officials. The death in police custody of one of the protest leaders a...
China’s Microbloggers Take On Re-Education Camps
Over the last two years, as China’s microblogging culture has expanded, observers inside and outside the country have found hopeful signs that the Communist Party is starting to respect and respond to public opinion voiced online. The most...
Guangdong Leads Calls to Break up “Vested Interests” and Revive Reform
China Leadership Monitor
In September 2011, a protest in a Guangdong village threatened to embarrass the province and its party secretary, Wang Yang, who is a candidate for membership on the powerful Politburo Standing Committee when the 18th Party Congress meets later...
Caixin Media
03.19.12
An Insider's Account of the Wukan Protest
For months, thousands of villagers in Wukan, Guangdong Province, staged large protests over illegal land seizures, rigged elections and official corruption. The unrest started in September, and as the months wore on they attracted nationwide,...
Sinica Podcast
03.09.12
The Mirror of History: China Through the Looking Glass
from Sinica PodcastSinica is coming out a bit earlier than usual this week: We were lucky enough to catch Jeffrey Wasserstrom on Monday during a well-timed visit to Beijing, and dragged him into the studio to get his views on the recent elections in Wukan, what is...
Sinica Podcast
01.13.12
Year-End Roundup
from Sinica PodcastIt was the year of the housing market (up then down), Ai Weiwei’s imprisonment, Wukan, the Wenzhou train crash, air pollution, gutter oil, tainted milk, clenbuterol, China bulls and bears, government transparency, the soaring price of Maotai, Guo...
Sinica Podcast
12.31.11
The Wukan Uprising
from Sinica PodcastFor the last few days, international attention has focused on the small fishing town of Wukan in southern China, where villagers are in open revolt. Simmering tensions caused by corruption and illegal land sales have escalated into an armed...
The NYRB China Archive
12.22.11
Do China’s Village Protests Help the Regime?
from New York Review of BooksOver the past two weeks, the Western press has focused on a striking story out of China: a riveting series of protests in Wukan, a fishing village in the country’s prosperous south. The story is depressingly familiar: Corrupt cadres sell off...