Tax protest in China turns violent

Tax dispute sparks east China street protests

Protests began Wednesday when a children's clothing store owner from Anhui refused to make tax payments to local officials and then mustered other shop keepers to rally in support and attack the officials, state-run news site Zhejiang Online reported.

That dispute spilled on to the street and drew more than 600 people, the report said, with protesters hurling rocks, smashing traffic lights, billboards and cars, and injuring several public security personnel before police dispersed the crowds.

I noticed the story on Weibo. I searched for photos, but the first result was a revolutionary poster, with the comment: "Protest taxes, kill the corrupt officials, revolution!"
That's an extreme sentiment, but in general the people seem to feel they are overtaxed. It's also the case that with so much official corruption, even those who might believe the tax level to be fair do not believe it is being spent wisely.
All in all it ended up a victory for the taxpayers: Protest in east China subsides as gov't suspends taxes