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8000 workers strike at Nike factory in Qingdao

8000 workers strike at Nike factory in Qingdao

Jiaozhou Township, Qingdao City, Shandong Province: Changxin Shoe Factory, a Nike subcontractor, has not paid its workers. On Friday, Oct. 24, 2014 the workers began a strike. They marched to…

Central leadership moves against allies of Ling Jihua

The “four guardians” of Ling Jihua are being pressured by authorities of the anti-corruption campaign. Ling had been one of ex-president Hu Jintao’s closest allies, but since may soon be…

Villagers resist forced demolition of waterworks

Villagers resist forced demolition of waterworks

 Gu Mountain Number One Village, Gu Mountain Township, Yongkang City, Zhejiang Province: On Wednesday, October 22, 2014 authorities sent 800 police and government officers to the village and demolish its…

Hundreds of teachers in Baotou, Inner Mongolia boycott classes

Hundreds of teachers in Baotou, Inner Mongolia boycott classes

 Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, Gaoxin Number One Middle School and Gaoxin Number Two Middle School: On Monday, October 20, 2014, hundreds of teachers began a class boycott, sat in and…

Chengguan enforce 15,000-yuan fee for two-storey homes

Chengguan enforce 15,000-yuan fee for two-storey homes

Ten-Li Lake, Yangxin County, Huangshi City, Hubei Province: On Monday, October 20, 2014 witnesses say between 100 and 200 chengguan entered a village and forcibly demolished residences. Netizens, whose posts…

Armed police in Shenzhen ready to quell Occupy Central protests

Boxun has learned that Henan Province-based People’s Armed Police 128th Army is encamped in Shenzhen, ready to head to Hong Kong to quell the protests. Occupy Central prisoners may need…

China Executed 2,400 People in 2013, Dui Hua

China Executed 2,400 People in 2013, Dui Hua

SAN FRANCISCO (October 20, 2014) — The Dui Hua Foundation estimates that China executed approximately 2,400 people in 2013 and will execute roughly the same number of people in 2014. Annual…

Editorial: Boxun is not biased in its reporting of news about government officials

Boxun always attempts to report accurately, and does not seek scandalous news about government officials. Boxun also considers the social utility of the news it publishes. Boxun’s reporting on leaders…

Charged with murder, husband and wife denied visits from their lawyer

(BOXUN) Jiaozuo City, Henan Province: Petitioners Xu Youchen and his wife Zhang Xiaoyu are charged with the intentional assassination of a police officer. Their attorney, Liu Shuqing, said that on…

Beijing, Hong Kong media blasted for censorship of protest news

Hong Kong / China As the Occupy Central movement continues its pro-democracy demonstrations, local and foreign media whose coverage angers the government are suffering the consequences. Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily is…

Residential developer delivers empty promises, apartment buyers protest

Nearly 1,000 Jilin Province flat buyers protest in front of provincial government headquarters, two arrested In Changchun, the capital of Jilin Province, nearly 1000 buyers of apartments in the biggest…

Teachers boycott classes over missing bonus pay

Teachers boycott classes over missing bonus pay

Lichuan City, Hubei Province: More than 100 teachers at an ethnic minority secondary vocational school demonstrated and began a class boycott on Wednesday, Oct. 15 because they hadn’t received their…