Wang Yang and Wukan + China's Lockdown

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(1) Sharon LaFraniere, : A Chinese Official Tests A New Political Approach: After a village protest is defused, curiosity grows for alternatives to iron glove. New York Times, Dec 31, 2011.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/3 ... 20shunde&st=cse

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"But as is amply shown by the travails of China’s best-known quasi liberal, Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, having a soft heart for the dispossessed gets a politician only so far in a party where stability is the trump card.

"And in fact, while Mr. Wang has sometimes talked boldly about how power should not be concentrated in a 'minority of elites,' many liberal-minded analysts characterize his own initiatives in Guangdong as modest, at best. * * * But Mr. Wang’s apparent support for greater political openness has not borne much fruit. Six months into his tenure, he considered making Shenzhen, the commercial hub of more than 10 million that is considered the birthplace of China’s economic reforms, a showcase for political change. The plan envisioned a gradual shift to the direct election of many officials, a strengthening of local legislatures and a study of how the party-controlled judiciary could be made independent. None of that came to pass.

Note:
(a)sloganeer (n): "a maker or user of slogans"
(b) sloganeer (vi)
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(2) Editorial: Why Isn’t the West Reacting to China’s Crackdown?  Washington Post, Dec 27, 2011.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/op ... QAgFI2KP_story.html