Started on March 9th, thousands of farmers in YongZhou, Hunan Province protested the price-raise of bus ticket. Boxun reporter Zhang Zilin said the price was raised to 14 from 6 RMB.

Farmers protested in small scale at the begining, after police intervene and did not receive response, about 20,000 farmers joined the protest. In two days, about a dozen vechivles are burned.

More details will be published on Chinese site of Boxun. Boxun needs support to help on English translation. Almost all Boxun reporters in China work at high risk and without compensation.