Haimen + Wukan

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My comment: Christmas is approaching. Foreign journalists (particularly those not from Hong Kong) may have left Wukan. I can find few English-language news reports about Wukan and Haimen. Those I do find are second-hand reports based on Hong Kong newspaers or televisions.

(A) Haimen
(1) Chinese Police Fire Teargas at Power Station Protesters. Reuters, Dec 22, 2011
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/ ... protest?CMP=twt_iph
("On Thursday, riot police sent teargas into an open space to hold back a large band of protesters on motorbikes, according to footage shown on Hong Kong's Cable TV")

This is the only Reuters report that I can find (no other web sites in the world carry the news), that is the latest.

(2) Sisi Tang, Alison Leung, Tan Ee Lyn and Chris Buckley, Protest Against Power Plant in S China Escalates - papers. Reuters, Dec 21, 2011
http://www.reuters.com/article/2 ... USL3E7NM1O520111222
("Officials agreed to suspend the project by late Tuesday, but residents refused to back down, demanding the plan be scrapped")

My comment: The report was filed on Dec 21 (Eastern Standard Time) but Dec 22 (HK time).

(3) China Police Arrest Protesters in South: Witnesses. AFP, Dec 22, 2011
http://www.google.com/hostednews ... af1997a3c3a2dba.511
("Plainclothes police on Thursday arrested at least three people in Haimen")

(4) 海门事件持续再次爆发警民冲突
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/si ... aimen_protest.shtml
("广东汕头海门镇民众反对兴建第二座燃煤发电站的抗议示威仍在继续，周三（12月21日）再次爆发大规模警民冲突")

Note: The BBC report, as well as (5) below, is about Wednesday, whereas (1) to (3) are about Thursday (Dec 22), local time.

(5)
(a) 憂電廠假叫停 汕頭續爆示威; 警施催淚彈 武力驅散千人. 明報, Dec 22, 2011
http://news.mingpao.com/20111222/gba1h.htm
("汕尾烏坎村村民抗爭事件暫告平息，汕頭潮陽區海門鎮昨日卻連續第二日爆發示威衝突。約千名群眾昨午在深汕高速公路海門收費廣場抗議")
(b) 勸示威女回家 母遇清場捱打. 明報, Dec 22, 2011
http://news.mingpao.com/20111222/gba2.htm
(前日發生5萬人上街抗議事件: "在院內治傷的45歲女子鄭桂芳向本報稱，她的18歲女兒到了高速公路抗議，她擔心女兒安危，遂在下午到公路找女兒，「找到女兒，但人太多，出不來」，未幾，警方開始武力驅散，又施放催淚彈，「很臭，眼都看不見。警察又用警棍打我的頭、胸口和腳，我跟他說不要打了，不要打了……」")
(c) 投產數年 魚獲減半. 明報, Dec 22, 2011
http://news.mingpao.com/20111222/gba3.htm
(d) 汕頭5萬人示威 「佔領」政府樓; 電廠擴建污染 當局叫停. 明報, Dec 21, 2011.


(B) Wukan
(a) 时事大家谈: 乌坎村民维权事件给中国带来的启示. VOA Chinese, Dec 22, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/n ... ests-136071783.html
("今天我们邀请国际人权组织人权观察的亚洲倡导部主任索菲.理查德森博士来到美国之音在华盛顿的演播室")
(b) 当局见村民后乌坎村问题真的解决了吗？ VOA Chinese, Dec 22, 2011 (5 minutes ago)
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/n ... lems-136072303.html
(b) 中共党报发表评论为乌坎事件定调. BBC Chinese, Dec 22, 2011.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/si ... 2_china_wukan.shtml

Note: The report cites
张铁, 人民时评：'乌坎转机'提示我们什么. 人民日报, Dec 22, 2011.
http://opinion.people.com.cn/GB/16677909.html