Tag: Property rights

Eight Held After China Mine Clash

From AFP: POLICE in northern China have detained eight people suspected of instigating a violent clash between scores of miners and villagers over ownership of a coal mine, state media said on Tuesday. Dozens were injured in the melee on Saturday in Yulin city, a resource-rich area in Shaanxi province, when villagers attacked the mine, smashing gates and mining facilities in an effort to halt produ

July 20, 2010 12:57 AM

Diaoyu Islands Are Xinhua’s

Last week, writer Lang Yaoyuan wrote on his verified Sina Weibo account that not a single publication in Liaoning Provinc

September 18, 2012 4:17 PM

Yan Lianke Appeals to Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao over Beijing Evictions

When writer Yan Lianke was evicted from his recently-purchased home in Beijing, he wrote an appeal to President Hu Jintao

December 8, 2011 11:54 PM

Blue Dragon Mountain: the Chinese Village 'That Doesn't Exist'

Thirteen years ago, villagers were relocated from their hometown in Heilongjiang to make way for a reservoir needed to su

September 11, 2011 10:18 PM

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