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20,000 Demonstrate to Oppose Construction of Waste Incinerating Power Plant

20,000 Demonstrate to Oppose Construction of Waste Incinerating Power Plant

(BOXUN) In Boluo County, Huizhou City, Guangdong Province, the government plans to build a 2600-ton-a-day waste incinerating power plant. Because it will greatly impact Boluo, Huizhou, Dongguan, Shenzhen and Hong…

Thousands of workers protest in Guangdong and Jiangsu provinces

Thousands of workers protest in Guangdong and Jiangsu provinces

On Monday September 10, 2014, because of cancelled bonus payments, unpaid relocation compensation and salary disputes, workers in four factories in Guangdong and Jiangsu provinces went on strike. After thousands…

Hundreds of Police in Sanya City, Hainan Province Confiscate Beach Property and Arrest Protesting Villagers

Hundreds of Police in Sanya City, Hainan Province Confiscate Beach Property and Arrest Protesting Villagers

In Maling Village, Tianya Township, Sanya City, Hainan Province, the government took over a beach. Other than paying a below-market rate for villagers’ boats, the government offered no compensation and…

1,000 March in Chemical Factory Pollution Protest in Huojia County, Henan Province

1,000 March in Chemical Factory Pollution Protest in Huojia County, Henan Province

Zhongxin Chemical Factory in the center of Huojia County, Xinxiang City, Henan Province has polluted the air with a toxic stench for an extended period of time. On Tuesday September…

Xu Caihou is critically ill in Beijing 301 PLA General Hospital

A few days ago Hong Kong media reported that Xu Caihou is critically ill and on the verge of death. In April 2013 Boxun first reported that Xu had latter…

Real estate management boss goes to seven provinces and 18 cities to organize thousands of victims in local protests

Real estate management boss goes to seven provinces and 18 cities to organize thousands of victims in local protests

Today Wu Binglin, the boss of Xinglin Real Estate Management Corporation went on the road and collected more than one billion yuan. He went to Sha’anxi, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Henan,…

300 Henan province villagers shot by police while lying on train tracks in protest

300 Henan province villagers shot by police while lying on train tracks in protest

The government in Jiao Village, Liucun Township, Neihuang County, Anyang City, Henan Province didn’t accord with blueprints in transforming an overpass into a tunnel. Fearing this would jeopardize their safety,…

Communist Party official disappears after stabbing death

Communist Party official disappears after stabbing death

On Saturday August 30, 2014, while negotiating a land dispute in Jianguo Village, Ke’erqin District, Tongliao City, Inner Mongolia, the local Communist Party secretary summoned villager Zhang Rong to the…

Macao Daily silent about arrest of its reporters

Cui Zizhao, assistant publisher of Macao Daily and deputy director of the online publication Macao Concealers, and intern reporter Liang Jiawei were arrested on August 30 and detained overnight in…

Macao Daily journalists arrested

On August 29, the assistant publisher of Macao Daily, Cui Zizhao, and intern reporter Liang Jiawei were detained overnight in a local police station. At 9 a.m. the next day…

Police injure at least a dozen people in Guangxi province protest

Police injure at least a dozen people in Guangxi province protest

In Fengxi village, North township, Fuchuan county, Hezhou city, Guangxi province a developer wanted to build a mineral water plant in a famous ethnic minority natural scenic area and began…

Collapse of real estate fund causes street riot in Hebei Province

Collapse of real estate fund causes street riot in Hebei Province

After the collapse of a real estate fund based in Handan city, Hebei Province, financing for several construction projects imploded. More than 1,000 investors took to the streets. On the…