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。" ?! l8 t' P" O% T" N& b
. _; v0 S5 l2 i+ y- z2 `tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbResidents 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.
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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.9 S% @9 l" i: z, [0 v7 c
6 X9 {6 B) ?" S. W* H% f4 d4 ~5.39.217.76But on Wednesday they were due to openly select an independent election committee that would supervise their first democratic village poll due next month.5.39.217.764 ~ Z& m. ~# `8 t4 E5 y
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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.
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4 ~7 `/ D) d; n( Htvb now,tvbnow,bttvb"Wukan has never held village elections, this will be the first ever democratic election in Wukan."
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) X3 M D3 d9 {0 n* w6 W6 j% D5.39.217.76Zhang Jianxing, a villager close to the local government, added Wednesday's vote was "part of the process to hold open, transparent and fair elections."% m( k& T9 ^# {8 \4 P, i
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The concessions won by Wukan residents are seen as a rare victory for protesters in authoritarian China.0 h. ]/ w7 ~9 v0 o/ z; t3 T1 q
t3 z# K8 p2 `/ a. \0 ^! DThey 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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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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( n0 g, I, A \3 v% VThe Guangdong provincial government eventually capitulated as their case made headlines, and decided to intervene on behalf of the villagers.+ l% o) k ~. a' d3 U7 Y9 U9 T
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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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