Chinese Newspapers Praise Government Handling of Wukan Protest
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State-run Chinese newspapers today praised a government-brokered agreement that ended a two-week protest over land in the southern village of Wukan after having carried almost no coverage of the standoff this month.
The People’s Daily said officials promised to meet protesters’ demands with “sincerity” in a commentary published today while a China Business News article said the government had handled the issue “very well.” A Global Times editorial, titled “Put public first when solving land disputes,” called the villagers’ demands reasonable.