FP Blog has a good update on the situation in Wukan; it opens with:
Peasants do not have a good record facing off with the Communist Party. Rural standoffs usually end with the arrest of the ringleaders and an increased security presence for the remaining residents. Yet on Thursday afternoon, Dec. 22, residents of the embattled village of Wukan scored a major achievement in their 11-day stand-off with local government, securing the release of one of the village's three detained leaders; the other two were released today.
Then asks is Wukan a crisis barometer:
The small farming village of 13,000 thousand embodies social changes brought about by more than 30 years of economic reforms in China.
I would suggest not:
...most Wukanese stressed that they only wanted resolution of their local issues, and that they maintained trust in the Communist Party.
Link:http://www.foreignpolicy.com/article...ption?page=0,0