The leader of a Chinese village rebellion has been appointed secretary of the local branch of the Communist party, capping a potential breakthrough in the way Beijing deals with dissent.
Lin Zuluan, 67, who led months of sometimes violent protests last year against allegedly corrupt land deals and rigged local elections in the Southern village of Wukan, was named party secretary and will be responsible for organising a new local poll, according to local residents and state media reports.
Initially peaceful, the demonstrations in Wukan turned violent when authorities sent in paramilitary troops. After a protest leader died in police custody in early December, residents erected barricades as police massed on their perimeter.
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