Shanwei

Shanwei is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong , People's Republic of China. It borders Jieyang to the east, Meizhou and Heyuan to the north, Huizhou to the west, and looks out to the South China Sea to the south.

Administration

The prefecture-level city of Shanwei administers 4 , including 1 , 1 county-level city and 2 .

*Shicheng District
*Haifeng County
*Lufeng City
*Luhe County

These are further divided into 53 , including 40 , 10 and 3 subdistricts.

Recent history

On the night of December 6, 2005, armed policemen were sent to the village of , Shanwei to suppress appeals by residents protesting the lack of compensation for having land confiscated by the government. Several residents were shot dead: the Chinese government claimed that three people were killed, and residents claimed that the number was between 20 and 33, with up to 40 more missing.
Other media have reported armed police where sent in after the villagers attacked unarmed police