Elections in Wukan are like buses. Nothing, then three come along at once. Last week the rebellious fishing village in Guangdong province, southern China, voted in a party-like atmosphere for members of an election committee. This weekend they will pick ombudsmen. Finally, next month – if they are not sick of all this voting – they will elect new village leaders to replace the ones they chased out in December. With such a whirl of civic activity, it’s amazing they get any fishing done.
烏坎村的選舉就好像公共汽車。眼巴巴等半天,最後一下子來三輛。上週,這個敢於抗爭的廣東漁村在喜慶的氣氛中舉行了投票,推選一個選舉委員會的成員。本週末,他們將推選負責監督的村民代表。最後,在下個月,如果他們還沒有厭倦所有這些投票活動的話,他們將選舉新的村委會,取代去年12月被他們逐下臺的原村委會。面對這一系列公民活動,人們不禁納悶他們還有沒有時間出海打漁。