Global Voices reports on an escalation in a protest at Huacao town near Shanghai's Hongqiao Airport. The villagers say they never got compensated for their land, a claim the local government denies.
Following that, an open letter to the Huacao township government leaders was posted on a Shanghai bulletin board website [zh] earlier this fall outlining villagers’ concerns about a planned highway expansion project into their farmland. Demands are made in the letter first for more information as to which departments and government officials are involved in the project, for preservation of the village farmland, as well as conditions regarding compensation.
The story has appeared in Hong Kong News papers, but seems to be blocked in the mainland.
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