Chinese village staged historic elections in 2011 after police crack down on new protests | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

We left in a hurry early in the morning, clambering down the roof of an abandoned house as quietly as we could. From where we stood, Wukan – a fishing village in China’s southern Guangdong province – looked deceptively peaceful. Lights flickered through the windows of villagers who were awake. A dog barked. Intermittent strains of…