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(1) Malcolm Moore, Wukan siege: Rebel Chinese Village Holds Memorial for Fallen Villager. Daily Telegraph, Dec 16, 2011
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ ... allen-villager.html
("On Friday morning, villagers gathered outside Mr Xue's house for what one source described as a 'quiet ceremony.' 'There was no marching, no protesting, no slogan shouting,' said the villager, who asked not to be named for fear of reprisals. 'It was two hours of quiet condolence, of reflection on his life.'")

(2) Malcolm Moore, Wukan siege: The Fallen Villager. Daily Telegraph, Dec 16, 2011.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ ... allen-villager.html

Quote:

"'They slid his body from the freezer, but when they unzipped the bag, there was a bad smell, so we think my father cannot have died that morning as they claimed.'  Miss Xue said her father's body was covered in bruises and cuts. Both his nostrils were caked with blood. His thumbs were bent and twisted backwards. A large bruise on his back suggested he had been kicked from behind. And the clean state of his clothes suggested to the family that he may have been stripped first, and then tortured.

"Today, Wukan marked the seventh day since Mr Xue's death with a traditional Chinese funeral ceremony. But for his family, the pain of not knowing when he died, or in what circumstances, continues. [Xue's daughter said,] 'My mother has not been able to get up out of bed, and my grandmother has stopped eating. We are so sad. We cannot even confirm we are mourning him on the right day.'

Note:
(a) Regarding the hessian in "a traditional hessian mourning tunic."
(i) Hessian (n):
"1 capitalized a : a native of Hesse
* * *
2 chiefly British : BURLAP"
www.m-w.com
(ii) Hesse
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesse
(a German state; The term "Hesse" ultimately derives from a Germanic tribe called the Chatti, who settled in the region in the first century BC)
(iii) hessian (cloth)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hessian_(cloth)
(The name "burlap" appears to be of unknown origin. The name "hessian" is attributed to the use of the fabric, initially, as part of the uniform of soldiers from the German state of Hessen who were called "Hessians.")
(b) The "bundle" in "he [Xue] was snatched by a group of men in plain clothes and bundled into a minibus without license plates" is a transitive verb that means:
"1: to make into a bundle
2: to hustle or hurry unceremoniously <bundled the children off to school>"
(c) Regarding the "bonnet" in "she wanted to commit suicide, she kept smashing her head into a car bonnet."

(n): "British : an automobile hood"
(d) For knuckle dusters, see brass knuckles
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_knuckles
(also sometimes called knuckles, knucks, brass knucks, or knuckledusters)


(3) Malcolm Moore, Wukan siege: First Crack in the Villagers' Resolve. Daily Telegraph, Dec 15, 2011
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ ... lagers-resolve.html
("Roughly 30 villagers have gone over to the government's side, according to sources in the village, and are now actively persuading others to join them. The 30 villagers are offering others rice and cooking oil, both of which are in increasingly scarce supply, to villagers who are willing to leave their signatures on a blank document, which could then be manipulated to show support for the government's actions")

(4) Jonathan Fenby, Will China’s Rulers Listen to the Voices of Its Downtrodden Masses? Daily Telegraph, Dec 15, 2011.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ ... trodden-masses.html

Note:
(a) requisiion (n, vt; from Medieval Latin requisition-, requisitio, from Latin, act of searching, from requirere):
"2a : the act of requiring something to be furnished
b : a demand or application made usually with authority: as (1) : a demand made by military authorities upon civilians for supplies or other needs"
(b) Regarding the "if" in "The revolt in Wukan is the latest – if the largest – instance of this eruption of discontent."

if (conjunctive): "and perhaps not even <few if any changes are expected> —often used with not <difficult if not impossible>"


(5) 图辑：广东乌坎村抗议. BBC Chinese, Dec 16, 2011.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/si ... wukan_protest.shtml

(6) 目击者：广东乌坎村继续被当局封锁. BBC Chinese, Dec 16, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/si ... ger_telephone.shtml
("接受BBC中文网采访的詹姓村民说，当局要求村民签字承认当局对薛锦波死因的解释，否则就不会将遗体放还。这位村民说，村子外面被部署了大批警力，警察人数远远不止一千人。出入村庄的人都要接受盘查，出示身份证。他还说，一旦被查出是乌坎村民，就会被当局扣押。他说现在有急事，诸如去医院急诊，村民只能走偏僻的小道才能进出")

(7) 视频：广东乌坎村村民抗议场面 BBC Chinese, Dec 16, 2011 (length 00:40). http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/si ... wukan_protest.shtml

(8) 视频：BBC记者亲历乌坎村抗议. BBC Chinese, Dec 16, 2011 (length 02:29)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/si ... ukan_patience.shtml
("广东陆丰乌坎村村民抗议土地被出售与发展商，村代表死亡。公安包围乌坎村，与村民对峙。BBC记者马腾突破封锁，进入乌坎村，亲眼看到村民的抗争")

, whose English-language version is
China's Wukan village stands up for land rights. BBC Chinese, Dec 15, 2011.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-16210708

(9) Andrew Jacobs, Provincial Chinese Officials Seek to End Village Revolt; Promises of inquiries but threats of crackdowns, New York Times, Dec 16, 2011.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/1 ... ;sq=Andrew%20Jacobs,%20&st=cse

(10) Latest first.
(a) 乌坎新况：农民坚持抗争. VOA Chinese, Dec 16, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/n ... gers-135721958.html
("一家当地餐馆的老板告诉美国之音，武装警察和村民设置的路障相距大约几百米，目前情况基本稳定。但是，由于乌坎村被围，餐馆的生意几乎没有了。* * * 这位不愿透露姓名的餐馆老板说，村民现在仍然可以进出乌坎村，但要经过严格的盘查")
(b) 艾德, 中国领导人面临社会动乱挑战. VOA Chinese, Dec 16, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/n ... NDER-135719013.html
(c)来自乌坎村的最新抗议视频. VOA Chinese, Dec 15, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/n ... IDEO-135682083.html
(香港电视台播出的画面)

(11) Kate Woodsome, Chinese Village Ejects Authorities in Rare Revolt. VOA, Dec 15, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/english/n ... volt-135707263.html

Quote:

"This has many wondering if Wukan is the epicenter of China's own 'Arab Spring,' or just another 'incident' like the tens of thousands of village protests that came before it.

Daily Telegraph reporter Malcolm "Moore spoke with Wukan's residents about what they want, and found it isn't mass political reform. 'I think these cases are always about money and they're always about land. It's not part of some wider democracy movement. It's not an attempt to overthrow anyone,' he said. 'The village has expressed its confidence in the central government. All it's said is that the local government haven't resolved their grievances properly.'  Moore left Wukan after two days because of concerns his presence would endanger the protesters. Since then, a stream of both foreign and Chinese journalists have headed for the village, a move he says signals the people's wish for Beijing's intervention might come true. 'The fact that Chinese media are now about to report this story suggests to me that somebody at a higher level has decided this can be resolved peacefully and can be reported on,' Moore said.

(12) Jeremy Page and Brian Spegele, Beijing Set to 'Strike Hard' at Revolt; Officials suspend disputed landproject, urge calm, but village's anger persists. Wall Street Journal, Dec 16, 2011.

Quote:

"A Wall Street Journal reporter was blocked from entering Wukan * * * Interviews with people living near Wukan suggested widespread sympathy with the protesters and anger over what the locals said were many similar cases of officials misappropriating farmland, or failing to pay sufficient compensation for land.

"Coverage of the unrest has been minimal in Chinese state media, and censors appear to have blocked or deleted most internet coverage.

""Mr Wu [Zili, acting mayor of Shanwei prefecture] also announced the suspension of the property project at the center of the dispute, which he said involved a local company called Lufeng Fengtian Livestock Products and another company he named as Country Garden. This is the name of one of China's largest developers, which is based in Guangdong, listed in Hong Kong, and owned by the family of Yang Guoqiang. Mr Yang's daughter, Yang Huiyuan, was China's 11th-richest person in 2011, according to Forbes.

"A spokeswoman for the company said it didn't have any project in or near Wukan and had nothing to do with the dispute.

"But one person [who declined to be identified] at Lufeng Fengtian Livestock said its president had planned to cooperate with Country Garden on a real-estate project that would haven taken up most of the land in Wukan.  

Note:
(a) Lufeng Fengtian Livestock Products Co Ltd  陆丰丰田畜产有限公司
(b) Country Garden (Holdings) Limited/ YANG Guoqiang  碧桂园控股有限公司/ 杨 国强
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_Garden
(c) There is no need to read the rest of this report.