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More than 100 peasants protest, one arrested
To protest government confiscation of funds allocated for the sale of 2000 mu of village land, on Saturday November 8, 2014 more than 100 Huixing Township, Sanmenxia City, Henan Province…
Dozens of protesting villagers arrested
Yaotun Village, West Lake Office, Changfu District, Liao City, Shandong Province: Villagers in October began protesting the government’s forced renting of their land for the below-market price of ¥800 per…
Apartment owners beaten, injured and arrested
Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province: Apartment owners in Zhu Feng Interntional project have paid for heating but not received any. On the morning of Saturday, Oct. 15, 2014, more than 100…
Attorney Xia Lin accused of the crime of “fraud”
Boxun has learned that after Pu Zhiqiang and his niece Qu Zhenhong were criminally arrested, Beijing Huayi Law Firm attorney Xia Lin was also arrested. Beijing Cailiang Law Firm director…
More than 1,000 apartment owners protest plans to force them out
Qiancao Township, Luzhou City, Sichuan Province: Local government wanted to requisition 3,000 apartments, but some of the owners thought the compensation offered was too low. On the morning of Saturday,Nov.…
Gold Bars, Moldy Cash and a Chinese Official’s Mom Who Can Explain It All
By CHRIS BUCKLEY NEW YORK TIMES Chinese newspapers provided a valuable life lesson on Friday: If you stumble over 37 kilograms of gold bars and more than 40 boxes holding…
Police say more than 320 arrested in Mainland China for supporting “Occupy Central”
Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) reports that since September 28, 2014, they have counted more than 96 people who have been arrested on the mainland for supporting the Hong Kong…
Police attack workers demanding unpaid wages
Chonghui Village, Sanya City, Hainan Island: The Province Holiday Inn Hotel engineering project is one month behind in paying wages to its workers. On Friday, Nov. 7, 2014 the workers…
Communist Party official leads villagers in riot
On Monday, Nov. 10, 2014, an organized crime gang was collecting debts on behalf of a bank in Anzhuang Village, Huai Township, Xian County, Cangzhou City, Hebei Province. Dozens of…
Police attack villagers with cattle prods
Tuesday November 11, 2014 Jinxingdeng Village, Toumen Harbor New District, Shangpan Township, Linhai City, Zhejiang Province: Officials sold land at a low price and prepared to forcibly seize 300 mu…
Police block diplomats from visiting Ni Yulan and lock her daughter inside her house
On Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014, diplomats from the European Union, Holland, Sweden, and Switzerland went to human rights lawyer Ni Yulan’s house to pay her a visit. But State Security…
African ivory scandal: Is a corruption target trying to frame Xi Jinping?
PLEASE NOTE: THIS ALLEGATION IS BASED ON ONE SOURCE AND NEEDS CONFIRMATION. On Nov. 6, 2014, the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) issued a report revealing that Chinese officials had…
