2011 Zhongshan riot

22 40 23 N 113 13 46 E type:event_region:CN-GD title Land dispute in Zhongshan, China The 2011 Zhongshan riot occurred on November 12, 2011, in Zhongshan, Guangdong, People's Republic of China. The riot was over issues related to land.Bertho Alain https://books.google.com/books?id=FvhsDwAAQBAJ The Age of Violence: The Crisis of Political Action and the End of Utopia 2018-10-02 Verso Books 978-1-78663-747-5 30 en Background The case began in August 2011 when villagers tried to block production at the Jinrui Industrial park by extending a land leasing row.http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national-news/2011/11/14/322862/Villagers-in.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20160305013803/http://www.chinapost.com.tw/china/national-news/2011/11/14/322862/Villagers-in.htm dead March 5, 2016 Villagers in southern China riot over land dispute The China Post 2011-11-14 2011-12-04 Claims were made that the protest came after Dongsheng government officials sold off village land for their own personal gain. The villagers said the officials were not willing to give compensate 1.5 million yuan per mu of land.South China morning post. Land grabs blamed again for rioting in Guangdong. Nov 14, 2011. The negotiations could not come to a conclusion, and police were sent to beat up the villagers instead. Riot According to the Hong Kong Oriental Daily news, thousands of residents were involved in the riot on November 12, 2011.http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=10&art_id=116987&sid=34448627&con_type=1&d_str=20111114 Police rushed in as riots over land hit Zhongshan The Standard 2011-12-04 https://archive.today/20120912233256/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=10&art_id=116987&sid=34448627&con_type=1&d_str=20111114 2012-09-12 dead Residents of Yilong village attacked the Jinrui Industrial park in Xiaolan town.http://www.indianexpress.com/news/south-china-villagers-riot-over-land-dispute/875320/ South China villagers riot over land dispute Indian Express 2011-11-14 2011-12-04 They wielded clubs and threw stones. They burned two factory shops to vent their anger, and 3000 armed police were on the scene. A report said three people had been beaten to death, but the police denied anyone had died on their Sina Weibo microblog account.http://www.tibetanreview.net/news.php?id=9879 China sends 3,000 armed police to quell villagers' riot in land dispute Tibetan Review 2011-11-15 2011-12-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20120425150737/http://www.tibetanreview.net/news.php?id=9879 2012-04-25 dead http://www.sinodaily.com/reports/Villagers_in_China_riot_over_land_dispute_999.html Villagers in China riot over land dispute Sinodaily.com 2011-12-04 Photographs uploaded to the microblog, and other websites showed columns of police trooping through the village. Crowds of residents engaged in stand-offs with the police and a nighttime sit-down protest. See also 2011 Zhili riot References China Society Zhongshan Category:2010s in Guangdong Zhongshan riot Category:Riots and civil disorder in China Category:Police brutality in China Category:Police brutality in the 2010s Category:Land disputes in China Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in China Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in 2011 Category:November 2011 in China Category:November 2011 crimes in Asia Category:Arson in China Category:Arson in 2011 Category:2011 fires in Asia Category:Building and structure fires in China Category:Zhongshan