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It’s the law: Chengguan in Guangzhou now have to be nice

Better late than never: new regulations in force from today in Guangzhou require all chengguan in the city to be courteous in the enforcement of their duties and to use words like “please”, “thank you” and “I’m sorry”. The new regulations, … Continue reading →

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Chengguan go easy on man who constructed Beijing’s “most awesome illegal building”

The news has been dominated in recent days with stories relating to the somehow sudden discovery of a three-story villa covered in shrubbery sitting atop a 26-story building in western Beijing. Now, as construction (or rather, deconstruction) workers set about … Continue reading →

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Chengguan kill melon vendor with his own measure weights

Yesterday’s front page of the Hainan-based Business Daily of International Tourism Island reported on the latest incident of violence involving chengguan, those city management officials tasked with enforcing regulations on local-level law and order, traffic, sanitation, and the environment. Yet this particular incident … Continue reading →

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Chengguan makes video to “clear up misunderstandings” of his profession

This is probably not going the get the hated chengguan any love, but one of their number has made a short video in the style of a popular recent television advertisement to try and “clear up some misunderstandings” surrounding his profession. His … Continue reading →

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Police officer attacked by Chengguan, left with a broken thigh

Beijing Times: In another incident that testifies to Chinese Chengguan’s famed brutality and total regardlessness of the laws, in Kunming, Yuannan Province, a police officer got a broken thigh from a squad of Chengguan, China’s urban administrative enforcement officers often staffed by goons and thugs.

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The highly educated chengguan might be no better than the neighborhood committee auntie

The Beijing Youth Daily reported that the Chengguan (the para-police force who are responsible for “cleaning” the streets in cities) in Hefei, Anhui province, are recruiting university-degree level employees. Yesterday the paper ran a letter-editorial from Anhui province about the move.

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Chengguan in Wuhan stare down their targets

Wuhan’s chengguan forces have applied a new tactic to fight unruly roadside businesses and redeem their image as brutal bullies.

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Chengguan stabbed in Shenzhen

A standoff yesterday between roadside peddlers and chengguan on a Shenzhen street erupted into a bloody violence that left one chengguan seriously injured.

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A practical handbook for beating street vendors

A chengguan textbook surfaces online. Highlights: how to beat someone without drawing blood.

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Leaving the sea behind

Fishermen leaving the shore; Prank definitions for chengguan; ethnic prejudice vs. Tibetans; India vs. China in Africa; Terminal 3 is big, says Imagethief.

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