Tianjin, China: a village 'land grab' protest spells trouble for the Communist state

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
Cx Number:  CX17573

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.

Subject Headings

• China/Economy
• Land Seizures
• Land Takeovers