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Washpost |
Crackdown In Village Confirmed China
- High taxes in rural areas are a major cause of unrest in China. While
the central government acknowledges that high taxes, imposed by local officials,
are a serious problem, Beijing has been unable to ease the burden on the
farmer
- "Of course, they want to arrest the people who stand up against their
corruption,"
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010603 |
htm |
NYT |
Chinas Inner Circle Unrest
- "collective protests and group
incidents"
- mounting public anger over inequality, corruption
and official aloofness a
- large protests, sometimes
involving tens of thousands of people, and an incident in which a defiant
farmer cut off a tax collector's ear.
- The income
gap is approaching the "alarm level,"
- corruption as "the main fuse exacerbating conflicts
between officials and the masses."
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