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Ningbo will ‘resolutely not have the PX project’

Unmentioned in almost every other newspaper in the country, but right in the middle of the front page of the Ningbo Daily (宁波日报) today is a brief announcement: Ningbo will resolutely not have the PX project. After protests all of last week against an expansion project … Continue reading

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Against national education – reflections on the Hong Kong hunger strike

This is the Thinking China Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published on the Chinese web, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project. In the first week of September 2012, a group of high schools students from … Continue reading

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Government officials fired after deadly demolition action in Jiangxi

In Jiangxi, multiple government officials involved in a deadly demolition action, including a vice county mayor, have been discharged from their position to receive police questioning.

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Protesting pedicab drivers struck and killed by train in Tianjin

Beijing Times: Four men were fatally struck on Monday by a bullet train traveling at full speed in Jinghai County, Tianjin. Five others were injured in the accident.

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Angry workers beat Tonghua Steel boss to death

The Beijing News: General manager of Tonggang was beaten to death in a conflict caused by the takeover of the company by another.

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Police campaign against knives on campus

The Beijing police and education authorities initiate action to confiscate illegal weapons carried by students and crack down knife vendors around schools and universities starting today

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