2011 Zengcheng riot

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The 2011 Zengcheng riot (6•11事件) began on June 10, 2011, in Xintang town (新塘镇), Zengcheng, Guangdong, China. The demonstrators were mainly migrant workers in Xintang.[1]

On June 10, 2011, a 20-year-old pregnant woman named Wang Lianmei (王联梅) was manhandled by security personnel in front of a supermarket in Dadun village, Xintang. The security personnel was hired by the local government.[1] In the scuffle the woman fell to the ground and her husband Tang Xuecai (唐学才) was beaten. Both are from Sichuan.[2]

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