Censorship Vault: Beijing Internet Instructions Series (4)
In partnership with the China Copyright and Media blog, CDT is adding the “Beijing Internet...
Nov 14, 2012
In partnership with the China Copyright and Media blog, CDT is adding the “Beijing Internet...
Oct 12, 2012
A new report from Amnesty International (PDF) examines China’s forced evictions, a major source of social unrest. Heavy debts incurred to finance stimulus projects encourage local governments to sell off land, which...
Sep 20, 2011
Shanghai resident Lu Weiming and his wife blame a local waste collection station for their son’s disability and their daughter’s death. South China Morning Post reports the couple’s repeated legal defeats in...
Jun 27, 2011
China Daily covers recent research by the Research Center for Social Contradiction, attached to the Office of Letters and Calls which handles petitions in Beijing. Their poll results illustrate problems faced by those relocated...
Jun 9, 2011
McClatchy’s Tom Lasseter reports on the aftermath of the bombings in Fuzhou, whose perpetrator Qian Mingqi had fought for years to obtain due compensation for the demolition of his property. His story has met with silence...
Feb 12, 2009
This is an exclusive report from the Radio Free Asia: Authorities in the southeastern Chinese city of Fuzhou have warned local officials to take measures to prevent “mass incidents” over a land dispute, as the global...
Apr 2, 2007
Two boys hitch rides in Fuzhou, by Wam Mosely