{"id":2652,"date":"2005-04-12T11:59:06","date_gmt":"2005-04-12T18:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2005\/04\/12\/jonathan-watts-chinese-village-protest-turns-into-riot-of-thousands\/"},"modified":"2005-04-12T11:59:06","modified_gmt":"2005-04-12T18:59:06","slug":"jonathan-watts-chinese-village-protest-turns-into-riot-of-thousands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2005\/04\/jonathan-watts-chinese-village-protest-turns-into-riot-of-thousands\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan Watts: Chinese village protest turns into riot of thousands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/international\/story\/0,,1457243,00.html\">From the Guardian<\/a>:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nReports that two elderly women were killed during a protest against factory pollution have sparked a bloody riot by thousands of villagers in eastern China.<\/p>\n<p>Several dozen police officers were injured, five seriously, during the clashes in Huankantou village, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zhejiang\">Zhejiang<\/a> province, on Sunday. 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