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Eh,, your ignorance has no boundaries.
Ever heard of the wukan protests?
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LAND SEIZURES, PROTESTS AND FARMER'S RIGHTS IN CHINA - China | Facts and Details
Efforts to Stop Land Seizures in China
Jeremy Page and Brian Spegele wrote in the Wall Street Journal: China's Land Ministry has also warned that misappropriation of farmland has brought the country dangerously close to the so-called red line of 296 million acres of arable land that the government believes it needs to feed China's 1.34 billion people. The Land Ministry, which uses satellite imagery to spot abuses, launched a fresh crackdown on illegal land use this year, targeting golf courses, hotels and villas in particular, and has announced several high-profile cases in which officials have been punished. But the central government's attempts to curb such abuses, and to draft new legislation that would protect against land grabs and give farmers a market rate for their land, have met fierce resistance from local authorities who rely on land sales to maintain growth, service debt and top up their budgets.
In January 2010, the government said that it was considering making major changes regarding the way land is claimed by local governments in attempt to placate anger over the land seizure issue. According to a posting on the State Council's website the government is considering banning developers and demolition companies from using violence or shutting off water and electricity to get residents to move and calls for compensation of seized property to be above market prices.
Some help for farmers on the land seizure issue is coming from the top. In 2005, Prime Minister Wen Jiabao called on local officials to halt illegal land grabs and warned senior bureaucrats that failing to protect farmers is a "historical mistake." "This is a key issue that affects the stability of the countryside and society, and it must be clearly recognized by all levels of government and party committees."
In a January 2006 address to the Politburo Chinese President Hu Jintao called for a resolution of "major contradictions and problems we are faced with" in the countryside. "If we cannot succeed in developing agriculture and rural areas while helping farmers improve their lives markedly, we will fail to reach the goal of building a comparatively prosperous society."
In 2004, the government ordered a freeze on conversion of farmland to industrial use, a move taken more as a response to falling grain production than a desire to help farmers..
In June 2006, Beijing barred local officials from confiscating farmland without approval from national ministries and from using the proceeds from confiscated land to finance government institutions.
The government has shut down industrial projects, including a steel mill in Changzhou after determining that the local government had illegally forced farmers off their land. In 2004, eight of the plant's senior executive were arrested and a Communist Party official was demoted for their involvement in the case.
Other events—such as giving life in prison sentences to party official that condemned corruption and land seizures—seems to contradict these efforts.
Wen Urges Protection for Farmer Rights, Stop to Land Grabs
In December 2011 Bloomberg reported: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao called on officials to better protect the rights of farmers and ensure they receive a bigger share of profits from the conversion of their land to industrial and residential use. "We can no longer sacrifice farmers' land ownership rights to reduce urbanization and industrialization costs," the official Xinhua News Agency reported Wen as saying at an annual national work conference on rural affairs yesterday. "It's both necessary and possible for us to significantly increase farmers' gains from the increase in land value." [Source: Bloomberg, December 28, 2011]
Wen's comments follow a victory by residents of the southern Chinese village of Wukan in December 2011 who staged a two-week protest that forced authorities to back down in a dispute over land. Strikes, demonstrations and other protests in China doubled to at least 180,000 in 2010 from four years earlier, according to Sun Liping, a sociology professor at Beijing's Tsinghua University.
Wen also said rural residents shouldn't be forced to give up their rights to land even if they move to cities. "No one is empowered to take away such rights," Wen was quoted as saying by the state-run news agency.
The unrest in Wukan first began in September, when disputes over land, local elections and village finances between residents and local officials led protesters to attack police and overturn cars, according to the Shanwei city government. Protests flared again this month after police detained five villagers on accusations that they had led demonstrations and one of the men, Xue Jinbo, died while in custody on December 11.
The decision to meet the villagers' demands is part of a wider government strategy aimed at containing such protests before they spread, according to Joseph Cheng, a politics professor at the City University of Hong Kong. The standoff and other protests have sparked concerns that unrest stemming from China's growth could undermine the Communist Party's rule.
Separately, a senior Party official in Guangdong province, where Wukan is located, also called officials to improve their skills in dealing with public's complaints and claims and take quick response, according to Xinhua. "It is imperative for us to improve our work in response to complaints and claims from the people as ideas of democracy, equality and rights are taking root among the public," said Zhu Mingguo, vice secretary of the Guangdong provincial committee of the Communist Party of China, at a recent stability maintenance workshop. "We need to resolve issues of people's immediate interests and concerns in a timely manner," said, Zhu, who was the key government official who initiated the negotiations to end the protests in Wukan.
New Rules on Forced Demolitions in China
In January 2011, China 's state council said it had approved a draft plan to curb forced demolitions. It stressed that developers should not be involved in land seizure projects and residents should receive fair compensation for their destroyed businesses and homes.
Under the rules, according to AFP and Xinhua, violence or coercion must not be used to force homeowners to leave. If government authorities cannot reach an agreement with residents over expropriations or compensation for their property, demolitions can only be carried out after the local court has reviewed and approved them. The previous rules had authorized local governments to enforce demolitions at their own will, the report said, quoting unnamed officials at the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development.
In September 2011, local governments in China were told by the Supreme People's Court—China's top court—they should be careful with demolition projects and stop them if the residents involved threaten suicide.The move follows a rash of suicides and incidents of social unrest in the last year over enforced demolitions, including several cases of people setting themselves on fire to protest the seizure of their homes for new development.
The Supreme People's Court said in a statement: "Force must be applied with caution and absolute certainty that there will not be unexpected outcome." It said that when people behave in "extreme ways" and injuries or death could be caused, then the demolition "should, in normal circumstances, be called off immediately." [Source: AP, September 10, 2011]
To claim that nothing is been done to stop illegal land seizures is a lie as big as claiming everything is fair and square.
When you grow up, maybe you will see the world not purely as good and evil.
In September 2011, local governments in China were told by the Supreme People's Court—China's top court—they should be careful with demolition projects and stop them if the residents involved threaten suicide.The move follows a rash of suicides and incidents of social unrest in the last year over enforced demolitions, including several cases of people setting themselves on fire to protest the seizure of their homes for new development.
Considering statements like the above ones it is quite clear that seizing farm lands by hook or crook is a rampamt practice in china.In January 2010, the government said that it was considering making major changes regarding the way land is claimed by local governments in attempt to placate anger over the land seizure issue. According to a posting on the State Council's website the government is considering banning developers and demolition companies from using violence or shutting off water and electricity to get residents to move and calls for compensation of seized property to be above market prices.
The pious sentiments mouthed above by many high ranking officials are just official news release.
I too can post reams and reams of news reports which consists of high priests of Indian govt offering much more pious sermons regarding protection of farmer's rights for the next 10 pages. But that is a waste of time , I don't believe in propogating mere official propoganda.The central point of my post is ,In china a supposedly literate citizen has to depend upon the govt in the absence of free and fair trial.
In india even an ileterate farmer can move the court and stop it and get his rightful due.He does not have to depend upon the nobility and pious nature of any CCP official.Next if you post all chinese officials are angels only interested in the welfare of farmers , I have no point to argue.
In a system thats is accountable to no one and under mob rule no justice prevalis is a global truth.
When you grow up you will see the difference between official propoganda consisting of high sounding sentiments and a very different reality on the ground.
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