More than 1,000 villagers in Xian Village in Guangzhou face off with police, trying to protect their homes. Photo: SCMP Pictures More than 1,000 villagers in Xian Village in Guangzhou face off with police, trying to protect their homes. Photo: SCMP Pictures
More than 1,000 villagers in Xian Village in Guangzhou face off with police, trying to protect their homes. Photo: SCMP Pictures
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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

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Cameron Dueck

Updated: 6:00pm, 16 Dec, 2015

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More than 1,000 villagers in Xian Village in Guangzhou face off with police, trying to protect their homes. Photo: SCMP Pictures More than 1,000 villagers in Xian Village in Guangzhou face off with police, trying to protect their homes. Photo: SCMP Pictures
More than 1,000 villagers in Xian Village in Guangzhou face off with police, trying to protect their homes. Photo: SCMP Pictures
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