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The riot in Liushugouzi unfolded all too typically. Last May a band of local officials descended upon the village in Shandong province to collect overdue taxes and fees--the bane of China's farmers. The authorities set up a "special court" in the primary school and, in a scene reminiscent of Cultural Revolution-era "struggle sessions," hired roughnecks armed with electric batons to threaten and beat farmers who didn't pay. After farmer Wei Wendong was pummeled senseless, other peasants began fighting back. About 150 of them took up crude farm implements--hoes, shovels, sticks--and went after the abusive officials. The scrum didn't break up until hours later, when an ...
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