China’s Rebel Village Still Under Close Surveillance, Cut Off From World

Wong Lok-to  |  Radio Free Asia More than a year after a police raid ended months of daily demonstrations, the rebel Chinese village of Wukan is under a security cordon six or seven levels deep, with residents under constant surveillance from security cameras, an activist told RFA on Thursday. The village in southern China’s Guangdong […]

No More Protests in China’s Rebel Village, One Month After Crackdown

Wong Lok-to  |  Radio Free Asia Nearly one month after riot police fired tear-gas and rubber bullets in a crackdown on months of protests in the rebel village of Wukan, the village remains under tight security, with no more protests in sight, residents told RFA. Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong are keeping […]

Protests Continue in China’s Rebel Village Ahead of Leader’s Trial

Wong Lok-to  |  Radio Free Asia Thousands of residents of a rebel village in China’s southern province of Guangdong took to the streets on Tuesday ahead of the trial of their former leader on graft charges. Shouting “Give us back our Party Secretary! Release Party Secretary Lin!” the protesters surged onto the streets of Wukan […]