Search Results for: dongzhou

Dongzhou Power Station Opened in Spite of Bitter Protest – RFA Unplugged

Unlike in Xiamen, people power did not prevail in Dongzhou following over a year of protests against the construction of a power plant. From RFA, which includes interviews with local residents: The villagers of Dongzhou appear to have been defeated. The Honghaiwan Power Station was inaugurated today with an official ribbon-cutting ceremony. Some of the […]

Read More

Three Arrested as Riot Police Stationed in Dongzhou – RFA Unplugged

Tensions have again escalated in Dongzhou, Guangdong Province, the scene two years ago of riots in which protesters were shot and killled by riot police. From RFA Unplugged: Authorities in the southern port city of Shanwei have drafted large numbers of security forces to Dongzhou township and detained three local residents during police raids where […]

Read More

Dongzhou Anniversary Mourning – RFA

From Radio Free Asia’s mandarin service, translated by CDT: A year after Dongzhou shooting last winter, 300-400 local villager walked out to an altar to remember the event in front of portraits of three killed victims during the incident. The mourning was uninterrupted, Radio Free Asia learned from the villagers. But the atmosphere was still […]

Read More

Dongzhou Anniversary: Info Freeze – RFA

From Radio Free Asia’s Mandarin service, translated by CDT: Approaching the first anniversary of the Dec. 6 Dongzhou shooting incident last winter, local police and officials have started patrolling and imposing an information blackout around the villages where a military crackdown occurred last year, according to Radio Free Asia. Villagers say there will be some […]

Read More

Dongzhou Killings Must Be Investigated – Human Rights Watch

From Human Rights Watch (link): China is attempting to lay to rest without investigation the most serious governmental assault on public protesters since the Tiananmen massacre, Human Rights Watch said today. In the absence of public disclosure about the role of officials in the deaths of at least three protestors in Dongzhou in December 2005, […]

Read More

China Sentences Dongzhou Villagers For Their Part in Clashes – RFA

From Radio Free Asia (link): Several villagers detained by the authorities after last year’s Dec. 6 clashes in the southern Chinese township of Dongzhou have been sentenced to between three and seven years’ imprisonment by a local court. “The trial began on May 22, and today, the 24th, all of them received their sentences. Lin […]

Read More

The GMWQ Investigative Report of the Shanwei (Dongzhou) Incident

ESWN has translated most of an investigative report into the Dongzhou killings by a Chinese human rights group, Chinese Rights Defenders (ÂÖ¨Ê∞ëÁª¥ÊùÉÔºâ„ÄÇ The original Chinese version is here: On December 6, the Guangdong province Shanwei city government sent out armed policemen to use firearms to suppress Dongzhou villagers, causing many casualties. When the news came […]

Read More

The CCP’s Dongzhou Strategy – Sam Crane

From the Useless Tree blog: Notice, too, how today the People’s Daily and China Daily both run a story announcing the sixth confirmed case of Bird Flu. And this gets picked up by the Washington Post. They are changing the story, diverting out gaze elsewhere… And, then, they respond indirectly with a People’s Daily story […]

Read More

CDT EBOOKS

Subscribe to CDT

SUPPORT CDT

Browsers Unbounded by Lantern

Now, you can combat internet censorship in a new way: by toggling the switch below while browsing China Digital Times, you can provide a secure "bridge" for people who want to freely access information. This open-source project is powered by Lantern, know more about this project.

Google Ads 1

Giving Assistant

Google Ads 2

Anti-censorship Tools

Life Without Walls

Click on the image to download Firefly for circumvention

Open popup
X

Welcome back!

CDT is a non-profit media site, and we need your support. Your contribution will help us provide more translations, breaking news, and other content you love.