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Riot police in Guangzhou clashed with a group of Uighurs, according to a Reuters report: “RTHK radio said on its Web site that several people had been injured in the incident, which was sparked by security guards stopping a Uighur illegally selling fried mutton from his stall in the Baiyun district of the city. The […]
Read MoreThe South China Morning Post has published a profile of former New York Times Shanghai bureau chief Seth Faison, who has recently published a book about his experiences in China, South of the Clouds: Exploring the Hidden Realms of China: “Unlike many of his peers, Faison, 45, relates those events by focusing on ordinary people […]
Read MoreThe government is devoting a huge amount of money and resources to developing a high-tech Olympic games in 2008, according to a Xinhua report: “A top-level consulting team of 400-odd senior scientists and engineers will focus on 449 projects aimed at making the Beijing Games a festival of high-technology. Du Zhanyuan, planning official with the […]
Read MoreHuang Jingao, Communist Party chief of Lianjiang County in Fujian Province, is now under surveillance and has been “rendered ineffective” at his post, after blowing the whistle on corrupt officials: “‘Lianjiang county officials have been told to make a clear break from Huang Jin’gao and march in step with Fuzhou,’ said the source, who spoke […]
Read MoreCaijing magazine reports on the failures of the new land management law to protect farmers’ interests during the commercial development of farmland. Some reports say that 200 million farmers have been displaced as local governments sell farmland for private development. Despite the new legal requirements that farmers be compensated for repossessed land, in practice the […]
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