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。$ |/ J3 z# m# O! b0 i, D
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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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6 A3 N, g! S! i0 O* E( H" hTVBNOW 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。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9 K) q' V& t0 \1 ~ \! B9 q
3 Q& ]; V" N3 {5 |But Wukan residents said their leaders had never before allowed these polls to go ahead in an open fashion, and instead selected members of the village committee behind closed doors.公仔箱論壇- @/ [, g% {- Z0 h. [9 a
( F7 j4 X4 j" }4 ]2 _3 e% {8 J9 oBut on Wednesday they were due to openly select an independent election committee that would supervise their first democratic village poll due next month.公仔箱論壇- ~2 n$ H. d# ?- Q) g: q
/ T' K, V+ p) f1 k5 y: q公仔箱論壇"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& _1 n% h% `! ~0 h/ X# J
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"Wukan has never held village elections, this will be the first ever democratic election in Wukan."
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" [" G2 W( F; ^1 V5 V( }5.39.217.76Zhang Jianxing, a villager close to the local government, added Wednesday's vote was "part of the process to hold open, transparent and fair elections."
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( r7 b+ @2 z7 H) A' _
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The concessions won by Wukan residents are seen as a rare victory for protesters in authoritarian China.公仔箱論壇; [( b' O( l7 m; @
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They 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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, B4 q" V- F) t- o; tTVBNOW 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。But 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.
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4 R2 u* r( h1 ] [4 W9 z0 ?The Guangdong provincial government eventually capitulated as their case made headlines, and decided to intervene on behalf of the villagers.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% ^ l1 g! n' L1 t
1 F& y8 Y# s% g$ j) ^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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