Posted: Soumis par wtanaka (648) le mar, 2005-12-06 15:27. | Sujet: 2 peasant farmers dead, families get big pay-off from government.

Following that attempt, Yantang sent civilian officials to the village to persuade the peasants to give up their allegations of wrongdoing in the interests of stability. At the same time, the two dead men's families were paid compensation, $21,250 for Deng Silong's family and $22,500 for Deng Jianlan's.

The washington post seems to be covering peasant unrest in China quite a lot recently.