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China Smacks Ex-Leaders Dumped in Village Revolt

Party officials fined, expelled for illegal land deals in Wukan

(Newser) - China's Communist Party has punished officials whose corruption angered townspeople in southern China so much that they rebelled against the regime — and won . Two officials from Wukan have been expelled from the party for corruption and 18 others punished, according to state media. The expelled pair will have...

Rebel Chinese Village Wins Concessions

Wukan roadblocks lifted, land to be returned

(Newser) - They fought the law and, for now, it looks like they won. Villagers in southern China who rebelled against the Communist Party over a land grab and the death of a village negotiator in police custody have had some of their demands met, AP reports. Authorities have agreed to release...

Chinese Village, Beijing Wage War

Residents drive out Communist officials in standoff

(Newser) - An entire village in China is locked in a rare public standoff with the government. The 20,000 villagers of Wukan in southern China have chased off their Communist leaders and are now encircled in a police cordon, reports the Telegraph . Supplies are running low, though villagers are smuggling in...

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