The China Model came up against the villagers of Wukan in southern China, and for the moment, the villagers have won.
The China Model is a term proudly coined by scholars of Marxism in the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. The events that led to three months of protests in Wukan are a typical example of the China Model at work.
In China, local governments have actually become landlords and have authority to sell the land (or sell the right of using the land, to be precise) to developers.
