Qingdao: Eviction on National Day holiday?

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.

Newsdesk: Student riots in Shandong province

HONG KONG–More than 2,000 students in the northern Chinese province of Shandong rioted last week over plans to change their accommodation just ahead of the exam period, a student told RFA’s Cantonese service.

Video taken by a student on the scene, showed students of Zaozhuang College protesting the changes. Posters demanding compensation for the upheaval had appeared around campus before the riots began, but the school had rejected the idea.

“It took place at 11:00pm on July 6,” the student said. “About 2,000 people protested. Then they vandalized any stuff around them. Some teachers were even beaten.”

The student said the school had cut off communication with the outside world, including the Internet, to stop news of the riot leaking out. No students had been detained.

A spokesman for the college denied the reports. “There was no such incident,” he said. “But if you want to check this issue, you need to contact the relevant departments.” He gave no further details.

An officer at the local police station declined to comment on the report.

<em>Reported in Cantonese by Lee Kin Kwan. RFA Cantonese service director: Shiny Li. Edited by Luisetta Mudie and Sarah Jackson-Han.</em>

Video: Chongqing riot over student’s death

RFA’s Cantonese service obtained this mobile phone video of the Chongqing unrest described here:

BEIJING, July 2 (AFP) — Thousands of villagers in southwest China smashed cars and fought with police in a protest over a murdered student, an official and a rights group said Monday.