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From the BBC: A Chinese village has become a tourist attraction after residents fought a pitched battle with police, who retreated after dozens were injured… The unrest is one of a series of recent outbursts of frustration and anger in rural China, over various issues. Residents say tens of thousands of people from nearby towns […]
Read MoreESWN has translated blog posts from InMediaHK on the anti-Japanese demonstrations in China.¬† ESWN writes, “This is a glimpse of how the locals view the issue differently from the simplistic presentations in the western media.”
Read MoreFrom One News: About 2,000 retired servicemen from across China staged sit-down protests in Beijing to demand pension increases in a public display of dissent that has alarmed the leadership, a military source and witnesses said. The back-to-back demonstrations from Monday to Wednesday were the biggest by veterans in China since the 1949 revolution and […]
Read MoreFrom the Guardian: The European Parliament urged EU foreign ministers Thursday not to lift their 15-year-old arms embargo against Beijing, saying the human rights situation there did not warrant the change. In a 431-85 vote, lawmakers at the EU assembly in Strasbourg, France, sent a strong message backing a hardline resolution drafted by German Conservative […]
Read MoreFrom the Jamestown Foundation’s China Brief, via AsiaMedia: One of Beijing’s worst nightmares seems to be coming true. Having apparently steadied the course in the Middle East, the Bush administration is turning to Asia to tame its long-standing “strategic competitor.” While this particular term has been shelved since 9/11 – and Sino-U.S. relations have improved […]
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