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Wukan protests
The Wukan protests, also known as the Siege of Wukan, was an anti-corruption protest that began in September 2011, and escalated in December 2011 with the expulsion of officials by villagers, the siege of the town by police, and subsequent détente in the southern Chinese village of Wukan (pop. 12,000). The villagers rose up again in June 2016, but were again suppressed. The most recent rounds of clashes were in September, 2016, when the former village leader Lin Zulian was sentenced to
Early 2012 Hong Kong protests
- January 30 – Ganzhou Ningdu County riot with 5000 citizens
Events February.
- February 1 - Guizhentang Pharmaceutical company IPO controversy
- February 8 - Chongqing public security bureau head Wang Lijun seek political asylum in US consulate.
- February 8 - Cross-strait language database introduced by both sides of strait.
- February 11 - Elections in Wukan following the Protests of Wukan
- February 22 - Chinese coast guard opens fire on Vietnamese ships at Paracel Islands with no casualties reported.