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Thousands of teachers in three provinces and six cities demonstrate demanding pay raise
On Saturday December 27, 2014, thousands of teachers in Henan Province’s Xinyang City, Xi County, Shangcheng County, and Luoshan County, Anhui Province’s Ma’anshan City, He County, and Hanshan County, and…
Activist Xu Chongyang’s attorney suspects his confession is being extorted by torture
Boxun has learned that on Monday December 15, 2014, due to Xu Chongyang being jailed over gathering with a group of friends to celebrate the Occupy Central protests in Hong…
Investors protest and surround government headquarters
The Langfang City, Hebei Province, Jinjitong Investment Management Corporation, due to capital shortfall, can’t pay interest to investors on their capital. Before this investors have demonstrated twice, blocked roads and…
More than 1,000 teachers strike and confront police
On the morning of Tuesday December 23, 2014, more than 1,000 teachers in Ma’anshan City, Hanshan County, Anhui Province initiated a strike, carrying banners including one that read: “Return my…
China: Some cities prohibit Christmas activities in schools
China media reported that Wenzhou’s Education Bureau sent a text message to schools decreeing, “No schools may hold Christmas-themed events or celebrations.” The same order went out in Hunan Province…
Hundreds of teachers in three provinces go on strike
In Guangdong Province on the morning of Dec. 16, 2014, more than 300 temporary teachers in Haifeng County, Shanwei City, sat in at the county government headquarters to demand equal…
Police seize corpses, battle residents after explosion kills five
Shuangqing District, Shaoyang City, Hunan Provicnce: At 11 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014, a fireworks shop on Shehu Mountain exploded, killing five people. An eyewitness said: At Shaoyang Road,…
Apartment owners protest developer’s bait-and-switch tactic
Wujiang District Hailiang Changqiao Residential District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province: Hundreds of apartment buyers began to protest in December after learning that developers had labeled balconies as bedrooms. Buyers went…
Nearly 1,000 protesting teachers beaten and arrested
Nearly 1,000 teachers demonstrated in Tongling County, Anhui Province on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014 to protest the beating and arrest of their colleagues, who had been demanding higher salaries and…
Police seize woman’s corpse after suspicious hospital death
Li County, Changde City, Hunan Province: On Dec. 13, 2014, a pregnant woman in People’s Hospital died after getting an IV drip. Because the cause of death was suspicious, her…
Boxun reader claims authorities killed 500,000 Chinese in four months in 1951
(Copy editor’s note: The only information provided about the author of the following article is that it came from a Boxun reader and was translated by Boxun into English.) More…
Movie producer tried but verdict not announced
Boxun’s reporter learned that the trial of Shen Yongping, producer of the documentary “100 Years of Constitutiona lGovernance,” began and ended on Dec. 12, 2014 in Beijing’s Chaoyang District People’s…
