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...provincial authorities. But, as Chen notes, in 10 years since its implementation the law hasn't been enforced once. "The central government has issued lots of good policies," Chen says, "but the local governments need help to implement them." That's why he and others such as the rural activist (who asked not to be identified for his protection) say that only by granting full rights to peasants to buy and sell land will these problems be solved from the grass roots up. "I believe if the farmers are given land and freedom to migrate, the change in China would...
...forthcoming paper in the China Quarterly, Professor Kevin O'Brien of the University of California, Berkeley, describes how repression can often backfire and actually make activists more respected by their communities. If that happened in China, its rural population could be further radicalized. It was Mao Zedong who famously said a "single spark can light a prairie fire." Men like He may not know it, but they are holding burning brands in their hands...
...understandably skeptical. Many were still living in the clusters of trailers nicknamed FEMA-villes, and they were more concerned with getting any kind of roof over their heads than with the quality of its insulation. "There was resistance to change," says Gene West, the county commissioner. "This is a rural area and a conservative...
...torching of five large, newly constructed homes on the rural fringe of the Seattle metropolitan area, and an apparent claim of responsibility for the arsons by the eco-terrorism group ELF, has drawn predictable concern from local and federal authorities - and also a notable lack of sympathy for the fate of the homes themselves...
Maxine Tuerk, who is part of a local group that opposes rural "cluster houses" like the ones torched on Monday, said that if all such developments were to disappear from Snohomish County, the fast-growing area that contains the crime scene, "it wouldn't bother me one bit - that's exactly what we're working for." Tuerk, a 75-year-old retired real estate broker who lives on a quiet 20-acre parcel in a wooded valley outside the city of Snohomish, added that she does not condone the tactic of burning down new homes to protect the environment...