杉丽雅, 云南晋宁广济村拆迁对峙持续村民被包围. BBC Chinese, Oct 30, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/si ... nan_stand_off.shtml
, which is translated from
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."
Dian Kingdom 滇國
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dian_Kingdom
(4th century BC–109 BC; first mentioned historically in Sima Qian's Shiji)
Little is known except archaeological finds. |