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January 23, 2012

The Alchemy of China's Land Grabs

Jiang Xueqin, China Power

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The most contentious issue today in China, as has been true for the past decade, is land appropriation.  What we just witnessed in Wukan, with peasants organizing to defend their land and livelihood, has occurred frequently over the past decade, and will continue unabated, but with little effect, in the next.

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