Migrant workers clash with police in China’s industrial heartland

A report in the Chinese magazine Caijing, said: “Police cars were smashed and
flipped over. Many villagers were hospitalized for injuries, including an
81-year-old veteran of the Korean War who was beaten unconscious.”

Caijing reported that the violence had been triggered by frustration over
local government corruption and a dispute over land between government
officials and villagers. A photograph showed a banner draped over an
over-turned police-car, reading: “Thief’s car.”

The search-terms “Zuotan” and “Shaxi” were blocked on Chinese internet
search-engines on Wednesday.

The disturbances are not the first to hit Guangdong province, a major
manufacturing hub along China’s southeastern coast with a large migrant
population.

Last June riots involving thousands of migrant workers flared in Zengcheng
after a pregnant woman was reportedly beaten by local officials

According to the Chinese government the number of “mass incidents”, including
protests and rioting, rose from less than 9,000 in 1993 to at least 90,000
in 2010. According to one estimate there were some 180,000 incidents in
2011.

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