Singtao Daily Reports Another Riot in Chongqing

 Uploadfiles News-20051127163521734 Last week there was a riot in Youyang, city. Now, here is another one, again in Chongqing, according to Hong Kong-based Singtao Daily, via backchina.com:

Dissatisfied with the compensation for their land in Yanjia, Changshou district of Chongqing city, several thousand citizens have demonstrated in front of the town government offices, overturned police cars, and smashed government plaques. Some people were still gathering in front of the main gate of the local government to protest yesterday. The Chongqing authorities urgently gathered several thousand police from neighboring counties to maintain local order.



The full report (in Chinese) is
here. The photo above is the central square of Yanjia local government, from cqcs.gov.cn.

July 4, 2007 10:01 PM
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