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...There are some peasants to see you," an alarmed assistant informed me. "They seem quite scared. You'd better come back quickly." Clutching mugs of tea in their shaking hands, the villagers updated me on some of the people I had interviewed: three had been brutally beaten, they said, and two were under house arrest; a third-Sun Xuede, who had been elected with 85% of the vote-had disappeared. The four men were in Beijing to petition the central government for help. But their journey proved ill-fated. Police from Qixia intercepted them at the petitions office...
...lattes at Starbucks and collected tips on where to buy the best pesto in Shanghai. But every few months, the Qixia men would call with an update, reminding me of some of the grim realities beyond China's caf?s and marble-lined lobbies. Two more village chiefs have been beaten up, they would tell me, one so badly that his arm dangles like a piece of string...
...critics of the ban, the current law - which states that parents, guardians and relatives can use any form of physical discipline that is necessary as long as it is not unjustifiable - is enough. But for Lieber, who hears criticism daily from prosecutors, judges and pediatricians that children are being beaten and their parents are getting off on a technicality, the law doesn't even come close to being enough...
...strong Midlands accent, from her home in Derby. "I get intimidating phone calls, saying my kids will be hurt, my legs chopped off if I don't return their daughter. I've had human feces smeared on my window and signs painted on my car." Her brother was beaten by a gang for being the brother of "that bitch who helps girls run away from home...
...city. But the stakes are higher this time. The city's recovery is far from assured, and crime threatens to derail an already perilous rebuilding process. Thursday's march, with its broad mix of black and white, rich and poor, rising up to reclaim this beaten-down city, gave us catharsis; time will tell if it gives us anything more than that...