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Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 7:01 pm Post subject: Corruption in China: Anger Boils Over |
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http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/05/29/opinion/edminzer.php
| Quote: | In order to meet targets for allowable births, they forced pregnant women to have abortions. They threatened to demolish homes to make residents cough up fines demanded for excess children.
This month citizen anger boiled over. Thousands of angry rural residents took to the streets, smashing cars and sacking government offices.
The vicious nature of the Guangxi enforcement campaign is all the more striking because it directly conflicts with the orders of China's top leaders. |
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