BEIJING - Villagers in China whose rebellion against local officials last year grabbed the headlines kicked off a key process on Wednesday that will see them hold their first-ever open, democratic elections.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。( L, ?8 j! C% M
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Residents in Wukan in the wealthy southern province of Guangdong won rare concessions after they faced off with authorities for more than a week in December in a row over land and graft, including pledges to hold free village polls.
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China - a one-party state where top leaders are not elected by the people - nevertheless allows villagers across the country to vote for a committee to represent them.公仔箱論壇3 o" s. h3 }: E/ t9 p
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, g" C5 R2 c4 N- M9 c& pBut on Wednesday they were due to openly select an independent election committee that would supervise their first democratic village poll due next month.
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"The election committee is being elected to supervise next month's village election," a villager surnamed Chen told AFP by phone.公仔箱論壇: F7 Q" [1 z5 n' y1 K
) z/ ^, o. ~2 r8 @, ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvb"Wukan has never held village elections, this will be the first ever democratic election in Wukan."
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& [) O J0 f" R" z) XTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。Zhang Jianxing, a villager close to the local government, added Wednesday's vote was "part of the process to hold open, transparent and fair elections.": S ], l6 }* A6 q& M" S; I0 f/ w
& \+ w6 y5 }* Z! @TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。The election committee will be made up of 11 villagers who will not be allowed to run for next month's election, according to the official Xinhua news agency.
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The concessions won by Wukan residents are seen as a rare victory for protesters in authoritarian China.
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. o% i* T5 _8 atvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThey had protested for months in autumn last year against their allegedly corrupt leaders, whom they accused of abusing their power to profit from land in the village.
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" @( Z) r: M5 e3 KBut it was not until detained community leader Xue Jinbo died in police custody in December after allegedly being beaten that their anger boiled over, prompting a tense, drawn-out stand-off with police and officials.公仔箱論壇' O& m" l3 B% t9 E# ]+ @! u4 B- `
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The Guangdong provincial government eventually capitulated as their case made headlines, and decided to intervene on behalf of the villagers.9 }, H& ^2 n9 D. y
. G% |5 T7 s/ F2 f# O% z, {公仔箱論壇Following investigations into corruption, the government conceded that villagers' grievances were reasonable and that closed elections for village leaders last year were invalid. |
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