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China sends “stability” teams to regional areas ahead of sensitive anniversaries

Just got this courtesy of a fanfou feed: the Chinese government is sending “stability” teams to local governments to help maintain social stability. Of course, as this fanfou person pointed out, this year marks several sensitive anniversaries: uprising in Lhasa, … Continue reading

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The troubles in Weng’an and Jiang Jie He village: gangs, dams, mines, gambling, death

I was reading Southern Weekend’s investigation into the Weng’an region: the common wisdom now is that the problems didn’t begin or end with the June 28 incident, but that the latter was merely what happened when long simmering problems reached … Continue reading

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Only in China do you do autopsies in front of the house of the deceased…

Li Shufen, the girl whose mysterious and contested death was the cause of the Weng’an incident of June 28, has had yet another autopsy performed on her corpse, this time in front of her house where naturally, as is the … Continue reading

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