Chapter 9 EAST ASIA

Some Chinese Fear Private Property Law Will Cost Them Their Homes

After watching the Some Chinese Fear Private Property Law Will Cost Them Their Homes video, consider the questions below. Then "submit" your response.

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1. When formerly state-owned industries dissolve,

Workers can buy their housing

The apartment buildings are still government-owned

Land is often sold to private owners

The government moves the workers to new apartments

Question

2. A tool to draw attention to China's powerless is

The Internet

Local newspapers

Radio stations

TV stations

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3. Dissident web sites face the most pressure from

The national government

The United Nations

Local government

Provincial government

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4. A spokesperson for the Chengdu government says that

The former employees are violating the law

The development company is violating the law

The hope is for a mediated resolution to the dispute

The dispute will be taken to court