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China says rebel village was right to complain

Posted on 30 December 2011.

Residents of a south China village who tested the ruling Communist Party's control with more than a week of protests had "legitimate complaints" over a land grab that sparked the rebellion, state news agency Xinhua has said.

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China slams Railways Ministry over deadly crash

Posted on 28 December 2011.

China's cabinet criticized the powerful Railways Ministry on Wednesday for lax safety standards and poor handling of a crash in July which killed 40 people, and said there may be prosecutions though it remained committed to high-speed rail.

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China official says Wukan protest shows rights demands on rise

Posted on 26 December 2011.

The senior Chinese official who helped defuse a standoff with protesting villagers has told officials to get used to citizens who are increasingly assertive about their rights and likened erring local governments to red apples with rotten cores.

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China jails dissident 10 years for "subversive" essays

Posted on 26 December 2011.

A court in China sentenced on Monday a veteran dissident, Chen Xi, to 10 years in jail for subversion, his wife said, one of the heaviest sentences given for political charges since Nobel Prize winner Liu Xiaobo was jailed two years ago.

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Violent protest against power plant in another South China town

Posted on 22 December 2011.

Police fired teargas to break up demonstrations on Thursday over a proposed power plant in a southern China town, where protests have escalated into clashes with police this week and officials tried to calm tempers by suspending the project.

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China village ends protests after government compromise

Posted on 21 December 2011.

A Chinese village protest that tested the ruling Communist Party for over a week ended on Wednesday after officials offered concessions over seized farmland and the death of a village leader, in a rare spectacle of the government backing down to mobilized citizens.

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China sends campaigning rights lawyer back to jail

Posted on 16 December 2011.

China has sent human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng back to jail, state news agency Xinhua reported on Friday, ending his probation in what was the first official account of his whereabouts in the last year.

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Beijing orders new controls on 'Weibo' microblogs

Posted on 16 December 2011.

Authorities in Beijing have issued new rules requiring users of microblog sites to register personal details.

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Another school bus crash sparks fury in China

Posted on 13 December 2011.

Fifteen children were killed when a school bus crashed in China's eastern province of Jiangsu, state media said on Tuesday, the latest in a string of accidents fanning public fury across the country.

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