Chinese left homeless by developers

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50 million Chinese left homeless by developers
October 24, 2011 - 5:23PM

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/business/50-million-chinese-left-homeless-by-developers-20111024-1mg0p.html#ixzz1bj5rzAEv


It’s a reversal of one of the core principles of the Communist Revolution. Mao Zedong won the hearts of the masses by redistributing land from rich landlords to penniless peasants. Now, powerful local officials are snatching it back, sometimes violently, to make way for luxury apartment blocks, malls and sports complexes in a debt-fueled building binge.



The evictions are alarming the nation’s leaders, who have taken steps to tackle the problem and are concerned about social stability. Land disputes are the leading cause of surging unrest across China, according to an official study published in June. The number of so-called mass incidents -- protests, riots, strikes and other disturbances -- doubled in five years to almost 500 a day in 2010, according to Sun Liping, a sociology professor at Beijing’s Tsinghua University.



The big question is, where are the prosecutors for fraudulent activity? These kinds of questions are really going begging because the common people and the middle class are getting fed up. This sort of practice spells alarm bells for the renegade charlatans that pose as socialists in the provinces. If the Central govt. does not initiate rapid controls to police provincial level leaders on the land policy reforms they have legislated then the future will not be so bright for them. If the 'watchers' read this, so be it.

As a friend of China, increasingly, I hear what the people are saying and it is not good as they are losing faith in some levels of governance. When I first came here more than six years ago the overwhelming majority had nothing but positive beliefs. As time goes by, the positive beliefs are turning to sour grapes for many. China does not need a revolution like the anarchy in the 'Arab Spring' -- it simply needs resolution to mop up the mess in the provincial and regional centres.