The 2011 Zengcheng riot (6•11事件) began on June 10, 2011, in Xintang town (新塘镇),
Zengcheng
Zengcheng District ( alternately romanized as Tsengshing) is one of 11 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province, China.
History
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Guangdong
Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020 ...
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China and is ongoing. The demonstrators are mainly migrant workers in Xintang.
Background
On June 10, 2011, a 20-year-old pregnant woman named Wang Lianmei (王联梅) was manhandled by security personnel in front of a supermarket in Dadun village, Xintang. The security personnel was hired by the local government.
In the scuffle the woman fell to the ground and her husband Tang Xuecai () was beaten. Both are from
Sichuan province
Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of th ...
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Riot
The incident started late Friday June 10 with the riot lasting several days at Xintang. By June 11 more than a thousand people participated. Cars were smashed,
ATMs were broken into. Police were attacked.
At around 9pm Sunday June 12 over 1,000 migrant workers began gathering. The demonstrators marched toward Phoenix city where ranks of police formed a human barricade.
Armed police used
tear gas
Tear gas, also known as a lachrymator agent or lachrymator (), sometimes colloquially known as "mace" after the early commercial aerosol, is a chemical weapon that stimulates the nerves of the lacrimal gland in the eye to produce tears. In ...
to disperse the crowd.
Thousands of rioters overturned police cars and set fire to local government offices.
About 25 people were arrested, and there were no deaths reported.
See also
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2011 Chaozhou riot
The 2011 Chaozhou riot () began on the night of Duanwu Festival June 6, 2011 in Guxiang () Chao'an County, Chaozhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.
Background
On June 1 a wage dispute took place at the Huayi Ceramics Factory () in Chao ...
References
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Protests in China
Zengcheng
Zengcheng District ( alternately romanized as Tsengshing) is one of 11 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province, China.
History
was established under the Qin following their conquest of ...
History of Guangdong
Riots and civil disorder in China
Chinese democracy movements
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