Celia Hatton, Land Deal Stand-Off Continues in China Village. BBC, Oct 30, 2013. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-24739248
("Hundreds of people were involved in last week's battle, in which police used tear gas and unidentified explosives to subdue the villagers, who fought back with hoes, sickles and shoulder poles")
Note:
(a) Celia (given name) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celia_(given_name)
(b) carrying pole http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrying_pole
(also called a shoulder pole, or a milkmaid's yoke, is a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load; was once also used in the West, in particular by milkmaids)
(c) "Twelve villages shared the farm land that is earmarked for the province's new "Ancient City" project, a vast recreation of traditional Chinese buildings dating back to Yunnan's ancient Dian Kingdom, which began in the 4th Century BC."