More on Chinese corruption | A shout out for help
For the past several months, we have made efforts to resolve our issues quietly. As a result, we have not posted any updates to our web site: http://lantiancorruption.net
Our efforts at quiet resolution are at an end. I spoke this morning with our Cinese manager, and he indicates that there is little chance that local officials in Lantian will allow us to reopen our factory.
A couple of weeks ago, we learned that a Chinese peasant, who had complained about the land confiscations taking place in Lantian was beaten by the local organized crime ring and later died in the hospital.
Local citizens have very little power to complain against the government, as this recent article in the the New York Times points out.
At the same time, the government officials in Beijing are willing to make show cases of some local officals in an effort to demonstrate that they take corruption seriously. A local official awaiting trial in southwest China committed suicide in his cell two weeks ago.
You can get background here: http://lantiancorruption.net
