Tianjin, China: a village 'land grab' protest spells trouble for the Communist state
Hoffman,Samantha;Sullivan,Jonathan http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2825451/tianjin_china_a_village_land_grab_protest_spells_trouble_for_the_communist_state.html
Publisher: The Ecologist
Date Written: 11/04/2015
Year Published: 2015
Resource Type: Article
Rising anger by China's dispossessed (those displaced from their homes, villages and farms to make way for expanding cities and infrastructure) is posing a threat to the ruling regime. At the root of the problem is the state's inability to tackle endemic official corruption and deliver justice to its citizens.
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