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Police seal off southern Chinese village, cut food supplies amid protests over land sales
December 14

BEIJING — Police have sealed off a southern Chinese village and cut food supplies in an attempt to crush an uprising by villagers angered by government land seizures and the death of a man in police custody, residents said Wednesday.

The protests in Guangdong province are part of a growing trend of confrontation between Chinese and their government over the seizure of land for business development projects.

Police started blocking roads leading to Wukan, a fishing village of 20,000 people, late last week and prevented food from being transported in, said Qiu Yankun, a man who owns a shop selling farming tools.

Some food was allowed into the village, located in Shanwei city, starting Monday but police continued to prevent villagers from fishing and supplies are running low, said Qiu, who was reached by phone.

“Nobody dares to leave the village now. If you want to leave, you have to sign your name. We don’t know what that means. Most of us are just too scared to go out,”

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