More than 1,000 villagers in Xian Village in Guangzhou face off with police, trying to protect their homes. Photo: SCMP Pictures
Book review: the human cost of China’s rush to urbanisation
Dragons in Diamond Village describes how the authorities collude with land developers and thugs to dispossess some of the country’s poorest and most vulnerable
More than 1,000 villagers in Xian Village in Guangzhou face off with police, trying to protect their homes. Photo: SCMP Pictures