When something disappears from the Internet in China, netizens joke that it has been “river-crabbed,” a play on the euphemism “harmonized.” The River Crab Archive is a collection of blog post titles, weibo, and other materials deleted from their original sources on Chinese websites, either found by CDT or brought to our attention by outside projects. The editors have selected river-crabbed information of note from CDT Chinese’s ongoing compendium of the same name (河蟹档案).
According to Shanghaiist, the incident reported by @博闻华夏 below has already ended. The official stripped by protesters has been identified as Chen Chen, Tong’an District Party Committee Secretary.
The following weibo, which has been deleted, was selected by CDT Chinese editors from FreeWeibo.
【First Edition】SWAT Clear-out Triggers Riots in Pantu, Xiamen; Police Cars Smashed and Female Official Stripped (34 Photos)
The villagers of Pantu, a village in the Tong’an District of Xiamen, Fujian Province, have been holding a sit-in for over a month to protest the sale of land by village heads. Conflicts have broken out on several occasions. At 4 a.m. on April 25, 2013, several hundred armed policemen cleared out the protestors. They took down banners and tents, threw gasoline on it all, and lit it on fire, while also arresting rights-defending villagers. Later that morning, thousands of villagers gathered in Tongji Road to confront the police. Many villagers were injured, while protesters smashed police vehicles and and punctured their tires. A female official was stripped naked, and a number of police officers were injured. The authorities quickly sent 1,000 policemen for reinforcement. The incident is still in progress.
【首发】厦门潘涂特警清场引发骚乱 警车被砸女官员被脱光（34图）
福建省厦门市同安区潘涂村，村民因土地被村官变卖，已持续静坐维权月余，其间爆发多次冲突。2013年4月25日凌晨4点，数百武警、特警清场。拆除维权横幅、帐篷，用汽油焚烧一切物品，抓捕维权村民。上午，数千村民陆续聚集同集路与武警、特警对峙，双方爆发冲突，多名村民被打伤，多辆警车被砸或被扎胎放气，一名女官员被村民扒光衣服，数名警察受伤。当局急调千警增援，目前事件仍在发展中。
April 25, 2013 at 6:55 p.m.
Via CDT Chinese. Translation by Mengyu Dong.
