Tag: Protests, Category: The Great Divide

Residents Take to Streets After Man Reported Killed (Updated)

Thousands of people reportedly took to the streets in Luzhou, Sichuan to protest the death of a truck driver, apparently at the hands of police [See Update below]. Reuters reports: Pictures and video on China’s popular microblogging site Sina Weibo showed an apparently dead man sprawled out on the ground next to a truck as police held back onlookers. Reuters was unable to independently verify the photos and calls seeking comment from the Luzhou government in Sichuan

October 17, 2012 8:01 PM

Thousands Rally for Press Freedoms in Hong Kong

After free information advocacy groups reported on eroding press freedom in Hong Kong and Taiwan as Beijing leverages its economic clout for media

February 25, 2014 7:30 PM

Ex-Police Officer Detained Over Xu Trial Protest

The Guardian’s Tania Branigan describes the story of Tian Lan, who says she was pushed out of the Beijing police and imprisoned for a year

January 31, 2014 4:11 AM

Two More New Citizen Activists Convicted; Xu to Appeal

New Citizens’ Movement members Hou Xin and Yuan Dong were convicted on Wednesday, days after the group’s founder Xu Zhiyong received

January 30, 2014 3:49 AM

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