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Xinhua gives the latest update on the “nail house” in Chongqing: A Chinese couple’s battle to stop developers from razing their home has finally come to an end with a negotiated agreement that will nevertheless see their house in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality demolished Monday evening. Wu Ping and Yang Wu, the owner of the […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: China has called on the Bush administration to reverse a decision to impose steep duties on Chinese exports of coated paper, state-controlled news media reported during the weekend. The Commerce Ministry issued a strong protest over the measures announced on Friday, which some American industry officials have suggested could be […]
Read MoreThe major mining city Linfen, Shaanxi, has been in the news lately, for a mining disaster and it’s other primary product: pollution. In February, the Globe and Mail posted an audio slideshow from Linfen, the world’s most polluted city. Watch and listen here. See also a Taiwan TV report on Linfen from earlier this year, […]
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Riot police forcibly evict residents of a condemned Tianjin building, by Matthew Stinson
From the Chinese Law and Politics blog: It’s not clear. Chinese authorities noted in 2005 that “mass incidents” (including riots, protests, demonstrations, and mass petitions) in China had surged to 74,000 in 2004, up from 10,000 in 1994. Since then, different Chinese officials have reported broad declines in mass incidents. But these reports have been […]
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