A bombing took place on 22 March 2021 in the city of
Guangzhou
Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kon ...
, capital of the province of
Guangdong
Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020) ...
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China, when a man detonated a bomb killing five people, including himself, and injuring five others.
The perpetrator targeted a local government office in the Mingjing Village of the
Panyu District
Panyu, alternately romanized as Punyu, is one of 11 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province, China. It was a separate county-level city before its incorporation into modern Guangzhou in 200 ...
, where there had been disputes between residents and officials over an alleged land-grabbing scheme.
According to local media, the office attacked was responsible for land use matters, and officials had given of land to Shanghai developers for a project to attract tourists, displacing families living in the area.
See also
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2014 Guangzhou attack
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Chinese property law
Chinese property law has existed in various forms for centuries. After the Chinese Communist Revolution in 1949, most land is owned by collectivities or by the state; the Property Law of the People's Republic of China passed in 2007 codified p ...
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