'Democracy village' in China succumbs to crackdown on individual rights
Surveillance cameras peer at residents from every major street corner. Informants are everywhere, villagers say. And more than a dozen villagers are languishing in prison or detention.
Nov 10, 2017, 16:40 PM ISTHopes for democracy crushed in the Chinese rebel village of Wukan
Hopes for democracy in the Chinese village of Wukan, where an uprising against corruption five years ago gained global notice and led to direct village-wide elections, have all but evaporated, with protest leaders either in detention, in exile, facing arrest or quitting their posts.
Jul 01, 2016, 07:03 AM IST