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China village chief held over land deal clash

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Residents look at smashed and overturned cars after civil unrest in the village of Shangpu, in China’s southern Guangdong province, on March 2, 2013. The authorities have arrested Shangpu village chief and eight other people over clashes surrounding a land deal that provoked residents.