{"id":40860,"date":"2009-06-16T13:58:15","date_gmt":"2009-06-16T20:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=40860"},"modified":"2009-06-16T22:37:52","modified_gmt":"2009-06-17T05:37:52","slug":"new-tax-plan-sparks-china-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/06\/new-tax-plan-sparks-china-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"New Tax Plan Sparks China Protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"first\">From <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/asia-pacific\/8100766.stm\">BBC<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"first\">Protesters in the south-eastern Chinese city of Nankang have  overturned police cars and blocked roads over plans to more strictly enforce  payment of taxes.<\/p>\n<p>Officials in Nankang said several hundred protesters blocked a major road  while others delivered a petition to a local government office.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]China&#8217;s official Xinhua news agency said the local government&#8217;s plan to more  strictly enforce payment of taxes from the furniture makers and dealers has been  suspended in the face of the opposition.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.danwei.org\/featured_video\/police_clash_in_nankang_jiangx.php\"><strong>Danwei<\/strong><\/a> has more details, including a video which seems to have been just recently pulled from the Internet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fanfou.com\/zuihulu\">Zuihulu<\/a> has posted photos of the crowds and overturned police cars on <a href=\"http:\/\/fanfou.com\/photo\/7_vdX_TmYrA\"><strong>Fanfou<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_40861\" style=\"width: 506px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/nankang-tax-protests.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40861\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40861\" title=\"nankang-tax-protests\" src=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/nankang-tax-protests.jpg\" alt=\"Hundreds of people block the main roads and overturn police cars in Nankang in protest over new tax policy.\" width=\"496\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/nankang-tax-protests.jpg 496w, https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/nankang-tax-protests-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 496px) 100vw, 496px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-40861\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hundreds of people block the main roads and overturn police cars in Nankang in protest over stricter tax enforcement on local furniture businesses.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From BBC: Protesters in the south-eastern Chinese city of Nankang have overturned police cars and blocked roads over plans to more strictly enforce payment of taxes. 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