Yangmei () is a town located in
Rong County,
Yulin,
Guangxi,
China. It is named after the fruit ''yangmei'' (''
Myrica rubra
''Myrica rubra'', also called yangmei (; Cantonese: yeung4 mui4; Shanghainese: ), , Chinese bayberry, red bayberry, yumberry, waxberry, or Chinese strawberry (and often mistranslated from Chinese as arbutus) is a subtropical tree grown for its f ...
'').
The town's population is approximately 5,3000. In May 2007, Affected by the protest of
Bobai
Bobai (; Zhuang: ') is a county of Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of Yulin city.
Bobai was the home town of the linguist Wang Li, who described the Bobai dialect with its unusually large number of tones.
Transportation
The co ...
, Yangmei was the site of large protests held by local people against China's
one-child policy
The term one-child policy () refers to a population planning initiative in China implemented between 1980 and 2015 to curb the country's population growth by restricting many families to a single child. That initiative was part of a much br ...
.
Fresh protests in Guangxi against the one child policy
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References
Towns of Guangxi
Rong County, Guangxi
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