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World Press Freedom Index 2015: decline on all fronts
The Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index ranks the performance of 180 countries according to a range of criteria that include media pluralism and independence, respect for the safety…
Chinese businessman tried to attack Boxun
Boxun once revealed that Guo Wengui of Zheng Quan Securities fled China after learning he was under investigation. Guo came to the U.S. at the end of 2014 and then…
Sheepherders protest private sale of grassland in Inner Mongolia
Inner Mongolia, Wuhai City: On FEb. 2, 2015, 200 sheepherders carried protest banners to the Wuhai City government to demonstrate against the government’s private sale of the grassland and demand…
Chinese banks: What do you do after you find your savings missing?
China has the world’s highest household savings rate. By the end of 2014, deposits in China’s financial institutions amounted to ¥116 trillion. According to incomplete statistics, within one month, there…
Police detain 50 people across China to keep them from Sun Lin’s wedding ceremony
On Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015, Sun Lin told a Boxun reporter that the day before, 50 people nationwide had been detained or prevented from getting to Nanjing for Sun’s wedding…
Thousands of residents attack polluting pharmaceutical factory
Nanyang City, Zhenping County, Henan Province: Pukang Drug Company (Zhenping Branch) began production in 2004, emitting polluted water and gas. Residents have protested for a long time with no success.…
13-year-old girl jumps to her death seeking father’s back pay
Jinzshou City, Hebei Province: On Monday, Jan. 19, 2015 at 1 p.m., a 13-year-old girl trying to help her father collect his unpaid wages jumped from the 16th floor of…
Gunfire at government office kills one
A Boxun exclusive: On Sunday, January 18, 2015 between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m., eyewitnesses at the Pingxiang municipal government headquarters in Guangxi Province saw one person with a gun…
Imprisoned civil rights lawyer’s health seriously worsens
When lawyer Liu Lianhe went to the Beijing Number One Detention Center to meet his client, he learned that the client was detained in the same cell with civil rights…
Villagers surround industrial park to protest acrid fumes
Quzhou, Guantao and Guangping counties, Handan City, Hebei Province: A chemical factory in an industrial park has been secretly releasing acrid poisonous gas in the night. In addition, the cancer…
Forced-demolition thugs attack girl during midnight raid
Sipo Village, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province: On the night of Monday, Dec. 22, 2014, dozens of thugs broke into the home of a family who had not yet relocated from…
Villagers destroy government building when unwanted chemical plant opens
Donghai Township, Putian City, Fujian Province: On Monday, Dec. 29, 2014, the newly built Lanhai Chemical Plant began operation, despite months of protest by some of the 300,000 villagers in…
