Renshou County
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Renshou County is a county in Meishan City
, Sichuan Province of China. It's located in Middle-West of Sichuan Basin
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It has an area of 2600 square kilometers, and population 1,500,000. It's the most populous county in Sichuan
, a typical area with high population density in Sichuan Basin
.
From mid-May to June of 1993, Renshou County was the site of mass anti-tax riots, where up to 10,000 peasants protested tax measures by the local government. Causes cited for the riots include an increase in taxes and fees, failure of local officials to pay for grain collection, and the generally low income of rural residents in the area.
Meishan
Meishan , formerly known as Meizhou or Qingzhou , is a prefecture-level city with more than 100,000 inhabitants in Sichuan province of the People's Republic of China. Meishan is in the southwest of Sichuan Basin....
, Sichuan Province of China. It's located in Middle-West of Sichuan Basin
Sichuan basin
The Sichuan Basin is a lowland region in southwestern China. Despite its historical name, it is not only synonymous to Sichuan province, comprising its central and eastern portions as well as part of Chongqing Municipality...
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It has an area of 2600 square kilometers, and population 1,500,000. It's the most populous county in Sichuan
Sichuan
' , known formerly in the West by its postal map spellings of Szechwan or Szechuan is a province in Southwest China with its capital in Chengdu...
, a typical area with high population density in Sichuan Basin
Sichuan basin
The Sichuan Basin is a lowland region in southwestern China. Despite its historical name, it is not only synonymous to Sichuan province, comprising its central and eastern portions as well as part of Chongqing Municipality...
.
From mid-May to June of 1993, Renshou County was the site of mass anti-tax riots, where up to 10,000 peasants protested tax measures by the local government. Causes cited for the riots include an increase in taxes and fees, failure of local officials to pay for grain collection, and the generally low income of rural residents in the area.