Taishi
太石村
Village
Taishi is located in Guangdong
Taishi
Taishi
Location in Guangdong
Coordinates (Taishi Elementary School): 22°53′06″N 113°24′12″E / 22.8851°N 113.4034°E / 22.8851; 113.4034
CountryPeople's Republic of China
ProvinceGuangdong
Sub-provincial cityGuangzhou
DistrictNansha
TownDongchong

Taishi Village (Chinese: 太石村; pinyin: Tàishí Cūn) is a small hamlet (population about 2,000), in the town of Dongchong, Nansha District, Guangzhou, Guangdong,[1] formerly in the now-disbanded Yuwotou Town (鱼窝头镇) of Panyu District, Guangzhou.[2] It is best known for being the flashpoint for democratic election reform in the region during 2005. In July that year, authorities grudgingly allowed the launch of a petition to dismiss the director of the villagers' committee, Chen Jingshen, who was accused of corruption involving a large land deal. Later, they arrested dozens of villagers and their legal advisors, and closed down a web forum on the continuing confrontation between petitioners with regional officials and police who opposed the removal of Chen. Authorities seized a village accounts book that was intended to serve as evidence for embezzlement. The conflict drew nationwide attention, and led Western observers to doubt whether the Chinese Communist Party would be willing to allow a higher level of democracy.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 2017年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：东涌镇 [2017 Statistical Area Numbers and Rural-Urban Area Numbers: Dongchong Town] (in Simplified Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2018. 440115103220 220 太石村民委员会
  2. ↑ 番禺区 [Panyu District] (in Simplified Chinese). XZQH.org. 1 December 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2018. 2006年1月20日，广州市番禺区人民政府《关于撤销番禺区灵山镇鱼窝头镇调整榄核镇大岗镇东涌镇行政区划的通告》（番府[2006]3号）：{...}二、撤销鱼窝头镇，将其行政区域并入东涌镇。{...}原鱼窝头镇的鱼窝头、天益、万洲、长莫、马克、细沥、东深、小乌、大简、太石、大同和原灵山镇的西樵共12个村以及鱼窝头社区的行政事务管理工作，从区划调整实施之日起按属地原则归口东涌镇负责。
  3. ↑ Luard, Tim (10 October 2005). "China village democracy skin deep". BBC News. Retrieved 30 November 2021.


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