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Wukan: China's Rebel Village

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Dec 21, 2011
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A long, unpaved rural path leads to a besieged village named Wukan, located in Shanwei city in Guangdong Province. A formerly sleepy coastal fishing village of 13,000 residents about 150 km from Hong Kong, it had never been visited before by foreigners.

Now it is the center of international attention, raising questions whether it could be the spark for w…

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