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China villagers win quick concessions with protest

AFP 1/19/2012 4:26:00 PM

Villagers in Guangdong province who protested against their leader have won unusually speedy official concessions, a resident said Thursday, amid fears of more unrest in China's manufacturing heartland.

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[AFP]Protests after Tibetan killed in China police raid

[Telegraph]'Mass suicide' protest at Apple manufacturer Foxconn factory

Thursday, January 19, 2012»

AFP China villagers win quick concessions with protest

1/19/2012 4:26:00 PM GMT
Villagers in Guangdong province who protested against their leader have won unusually speedy official concessions, a resident said Thursday, amid fears of more unrest in China's manufacturing heartland.

Wednesday, January 18, 2012»

Reuters China village rights in focus as new land grab sparks protest

1/18/2012 7:35:02 AM GMT
Around 1,000 villagers denouncing a suspected land grab protested outside a government building in southern China while a new local leader called for protection of farmers' rights, newspapers reported on Wednesday.

Monday, January 16, 2012»

Telegraph Wukan protest leader becomes village's Communist Party Secretary

1/16/2012 2:17:01 PM GMT
The Chinese protest leader who led the revolt against corrupt land-grabbing officials in Wukan has become the village's new Communist Party Secretary.

Guardian Protesters' stories: Sherab Tsedor and Tibet

1/16/2012 11:47:05 AM GMT
Fifteen Tibetans have self-immolated in the past year; at least seven of them have died following their protest. Sherab Tsedor, 25, set fire to himself outside the Chinese embassy in Delhi on 4 November 2011 to protest about human rights violations against Tibetans in China.

Reuters Thousands of workers protest at Sanyo's China plant

1/16/2012 8:17:02 AM GMT
Thousands of Chinese workers protesting over compensation and job security at a Sanyo Electric Co Ltd plant clashed with police in southern Shenzhen, media said on Monday, the latest outbreak of labor unrest in China's manufacturing hub.

Guardian Wukan protest leader is made village's Communist party secretary

1/16/2012 7:58:00 AM GMT
A protest leader in Wukan, the southern Chinese village that drove out the authorities in a row over land grabs, has been appointed as its new Communist party secretary.

New York Times In Wukan, China, Protest Leader Is Made Party Boss

1/16/2012 5:01:00 AM GMT
Despite the new political appointment in the local Communist Party, some villagers in Wukan say their grievances have yet to be addressed.

AP China village protest leader made local party head

1/16/2012 3:46:03 AM GMT
A man who led mass protests over a land dispute that drove out local officials and police from a village in southern China has been appointed the village's new chief.

Saturday, January 14, 2012»

AP Groups: Tibetan sets self on fire, unrest follows

1/14/2012 12:47:03 PM GMT
Another Tibetan in southwest China self-immolated Saturday in the latest in a series of apparent protests against Chinese rule, activist groups said.

New York Times Chinese Forces Reportedly Open Fire on Protesting Tibetans

1/14/2012 7:00:03 AM GMT
A protest was reportedly met with violence after a Tibetan man set himself on fire to protest Chinese policies in the Tibetan areas.

Friday, January 13, 2012»

Guardian Protesters's stories: Sherab Tsedor and Tibet

1/13/2012 5:00:00 PM GMT
Fifteen Tibetans have self-immolated in the past year; at least seven of them have died following their protest. Sherab Tsedor, 25, set fire to himself outside the Chinese embassy in Delhi on 4 November 2011 to protest about human rights violations against Tibetans in China.

AFP Protests after Tibetan killed in China police raid

1/13/2012 10:14:00 AM GMT
A Tibetan man in China suspected of stealing tents from the construction site of a remote airport was shot dead in a police raid, sparking a violent protest, state media and a rights group said.

Thursday, January 12, 2012»

Guardian Lunch isn't for wimps: Hong Kong traders protest against cuts to break

1/12/2012 12:29:03 PM GMT
Several hundred Hong Kong stockbrokers have marched to the city's stock exchange to protest against plans to trim their lunchbreak between morning and afternoon trading sessions to an hour.

Bloomberg Apple Supplier Foxconn Says 150 Workers at South China Factory in Protest

1/12/2012 4:50:03 AM GMT
Foxconn Technology Group (FOXCGZ), maker of Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s iPhone and parts for Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox game console, said 150 workers at a southern China factory protested against a plan to transfer them to another business unit.