Land Grabs in Southern China Trigger 3-Day Riots

Thousands of residents in two Southern Chinese townships took to the streets last week over unfair land expropriation.
Land Grabs in Southern China Trigger 3-Day Riots
Over one thousand people from Wukan Village of Lufeng City in Southern China's Guangdong Province clashed with police on Sept. 22 over having their land stolen by local officials. Weibo.com
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Over one thousand people from Wukan Village of Lufeng City in Southern China's Guangdong Province clashed with police on Sept. 22 over having their land stolen by local officials. (Weibo.com)
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