Phone calls to Xue’s son-in-law, meanwhile, went unanswered.
As part of the government concessions, residents in Wukan are also set to vote in their first-ever open, democratic elections for a village committee in March.
China – a one-party state where top leaders are not elected by the people – nevertheless allows villagers across the country to vote for a committee to represent them.
But Wukan residents said their leaders had never before allowed these polls to go ahead in an open fashion, and instead selected members of the committee behind closed doors.
The concessions won by Wukan villagers are seen as a rare victory for protesters in authoritarian China, particularly at a sensitive time in the country, which is preparing for a major leadership transition later this year.
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