Chinese farmers have stepped up to challenge the still Marxist-Leninist Chinese government to take back their land.  The farmers around Changchunling have attempted to redistribute their land back to themselves and away from the government.

The events in Changchunling started a trend, and in the jurisdiction of Fujin, more than 70 villages have tried to privatize their lands during the past month.  Word of the activities have spread across the Internet in China, and while many are too scared to act, most seem to share the anti-communist sentiment.

We very rarely hear about the strong-arm governing that China has had to do, and will have to continue to do, to work its way up to where it is going to be.  I wonder if the Internet will pose any problems to China's method of rule, with the dissemination of ideas evading even their firewall. 

Internet chat rooms have become the strongest tool for people in China to keep up with discussions about the government.  In public, they risk death.  A few days ago a man was killed for filming a confrontation between officials and villagers over the dumping of waste.




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