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	China: Villagers convene to proclaim revolt

kmcolo

1-14-2008 11:12 AM

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kmcolo says:

The strains of the economic system are beginning to be felt in China. A U.S. recession would likely worsen conditions.

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CHANGCHUNLING, China -- About 1,000 farmers gathered in the village meeting hall here at 8 a.m. on Dec. 19 and proclaimed what amounted to a revolt against <A target="" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/China?tid=informline">China</A>'s communist land-ownership system.
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"There is no justification for taking the land away from the farmers," said one of the participating peasants.
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The redistribution exercise at Changchunling was not an isolated incident. Rather, it marked what appears to be the start of a backlash against China's system of collective land ownership in rural areas.
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The uprising began here in the frigid, snow-covered soybean fields around Fujin city, 900 miles northeast of <A target="" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/Beijing?tid=informline">Beijing</A> in Heilongjiang province, close to the Russian border. In a few weeks, it had spread to half a dozen other areas around the country, raising fundamental ideological questions for a government that still describes itself as Marxist-Leninist after 30 years of economic reforms.
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