This rather shaky video was taken on Danxian Road, and appears to show the authorities removing banners attached to the roof of the apartment building.
More than 200 residents of an apartment block in the eastern coastal city of Qingdao have begun a protest after being ordered to vacate their homes, RFA’s Cantonese service reports. Continue reading
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Commentary: Xiao Qiang on graft and the Internet
MANDARIN: Reporting Corruption on the Internet (08/10/07)
Xiao Qiang (XQ): Today, I would like to talk about the underlying problems of reporting corrupt officials on the Internet. A new trend is emerging as the use of the Internet becomes popularized in China. That is, grass-root Web sites, that encourage the public to report corrupt officials, are popping up all over the Internet. On one hand, the Chinese government is imposing control over the contents on the Internet. But, on the other hand, the government hopes that this new medium will help curb the widespread corruption among local officials by soliciting the help of the netizens in the monitoring and supervision efforts. As a result, many government branches launched Web sites that allow citizens to report corruption via email, with promises that the complaints will be heard and handled accordingly. Continue reading →
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