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The ESWN blog has partially translated an interview with activist Guo Feixiong (ÈÉ≠È£õÁÜä) after his release for his involvement in the Taishi elections. The interviewer, journalist Xiaoshu, says: Although the Taishi village incident was serious enough to attract the attention of the world, there was not a lot of casualties and you and the other […]
Read MoreFrom RTHK: Two journalists in eastern China have been jailed for ten and six years for publishing an unauthorised magazine that exposed local land disputes. Court officials in Zhejiang province said the men were also charged with illegal business operations and fraud. See also “Journalists jailed for exposing land deals” from UPI.
Read MoreFrom the South China Morning Post, via Asia Media: An official in charge of economic development in Zhejiang, the mainland’s richest province, has jumped to his death from his office building amid an investigation by the provincial anti-graft watchdog. Shi Jiuwu, director of the provincial Development and Reform Commission, is the latest in a series […]
Read MoreFrom the South China Morning Post, via Asia Media: Thousands of villagers will resume protests over a government land grab in Guangdong province, a resident said on Monday, after violent clashes with police injured scores of people. “The villagers will continue to protest until this issue is resolved,” a villager in Sanjiao township surnamed Tan […]
Read MoreFrom the Hindustan Times: There is a whole world of difference between the overall value of the general run of Indian films and that of the cinema that emerges from China. That truism was driven home for the umpteenth time at the 63rd Golden Globe Awards on Monday night. While China registered its presence in […]
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