Will the Boat Sink the Water?: The Life of China's Peasants by Chen Guidi & Wu Chuntao

Author:Chen Guidi & Wu Chuntao [Guidi, Chen & Chuntao, Wu]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Business & Money, Economics, Economic Conditions, History, Asia, China, Politics & Social Sciences, Politics & Government, Ideologies & Doctrines, Communism & Socialism, International & World Politics, Asian, Specific Topics, Political Economy, Social Sciences, Human Geography, Poverty, Specific Demographics, Ethnic Studies, Special Groups
ISBN: 1586484419
Amazon: B004PYDBU8
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Published: 2007-04-23T16:00:00+00:00

contradictory stories, were up to no good. Why not show their IDs? Why run away, leaving their van behind?

Convinced that their uniforms were fake, they villagers gave the three interlopers a sound beating.

Under this assault, the driver blurted out the truth: “They really are policemen from the township police station. They have given me 10 yuan for the use of my van, and a pack of cigarettes, and they are here to arrest people.” He took out the 10-yuan note and the pack of cigarettes, hoping to be let go. The villagers turned to the two policemen, Zhang and Wang, who finally confessed that they were indeed from Baimiao Township, and were here to make arrests.

This information merely led to more questions: “Arresting our representatives?”

“Why not do it openly?”

“Why pretend to be from Tile-Roof Inn and Yellow Ridge villages and the silk factory in town?”

“Why try to run away?”

The villagers insisted on getting answers.

One of the policemen said, in a small voice, “We are here to check on gambling . . . ”

The other said, “We are here on patrol . . . ”

This was really far-fetched. For the previous forty-five years—since the Communist Liberation—the township police force had never once done any patrolling in the villages. Why now, just when the villagers had been repaid some of the excessive taxes, should they suddenly show up on patrol? And why, in particular, were they conducting their so-called patrolling right at the doorsteps of the village representatives? The villagers soon discovered that one of the policemen had been drinking. Knowing that their sort was capable of anything and were no better than street thugs when under the influence of alcohol, the villagers took away the gun and the four sets of handcuffs that the men had with them. It was now clear that

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