Monday, December 18, 2006

protest - Shenzhen citizens fought against an express way

Howard French describes in the International Herald Tribune the tough fight of Shenzhen's middle class against a road that would split their neighborhood in two. Now they go for politics.
"Many people laughed at me, because they don't have confidence in the government," said Qian Shengzeng, a former rocket scientist who led the anti- expressway movement. "They think the government is hopelessly rotten. However, our view is that maybe there is a remaining sliver of hope, and the government needs to be pushed."

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