Transcript: Profile: Rural unrest on the rise in China

MICHELE NORRIS, MELISSA BLOCK
All Things Considered (NPR)
12-13-2005
Profile: Rural unrest on the rise in China

Host: MICHELE NORRIS, MELISSA BLOCK
Time: 8:00-9:00 PM

MICHELE NORRIS, host:

From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Michele Norris.

MELISSA BLOCK, host:

And I'm Melissa Block.

Civil unrest is on the rise in China. Last week in Dongzhou in southern China, police opened fire on villagers protesting the seizure of their land for a power plant. The government says three people were killed. Protesters put the number at 20.

NORRIS: That incident was just one of a number of clashes that have taken place mostly in China's countryside. We're going to take a look at the ...

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