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A Narration of the Legal Contention Process

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As mentioned in the introduction, we selected three cases in southwest and north China to represent the three types of contentions. This chapter will provide an overview of the development of the three cases.

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    “Fake migration” refers to those farmers whose lands and houses were not submerged by reservoir but tried to bribe the local officials in order to be included on the migrant list and receive resettlement compensation.

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    Three Gorges Construction Project Resettlement Ordinance http://www.chinaresettlement.com/regu/c-law01.htm (17 August 2007).

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Ying, X. (2013). A Narration of the Legal Contention Process. In: A Study of the Stability of Contemporary Rural Chinese Society. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36400-6_4

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