Police crackdown on Chinese village shows how swiftly reform can be crushed
Time, September 14, 2016
http://time.com/4492681/china-wukan-village-crackdown-protests/
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The Chinese democratic experiment that never was
Foreign Policy, September 13, 2016
http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/09/13/the-chinese-democratic-experiment-that-never-was-fear-and-loathing-in-wukan-lin-zulian-sentenced/ 香港支联会抗议乌坎镇压 促释放村民过中秋 (Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China protests Wukan crackdown, urges release of villagers at Mid-Autumn Festival)
Radio Free Asia, September 14, 2016
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/gangtai/cp-09142016103823.html
民政部:个人在公募平台上发布救助信息不违法 (Ministry of Civil Affairs: Charity Law does not make individual appeals for aid on public donation platforms unlawful)
Beijing Youth Daily, September 8, 2016
http://news.sohu.com/20160908/n467896279.shtml