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Fighting Farmers: The Rural Justice Brigade

August 12th, 2008 · 2 Comments

What happens when smoke stacks replace haystacks?  The tensions between farms and encroaching factories occur in every country, but given China’s rapid development, they happen with greater frequency here.
For the residents of Shihezi farm in China’s north western Xinjiang Autonomous Region, the approach of new chemical plants sparked a battle which has lasted more than [...]

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