Protests erupted in Sichuan’s Jiangyou City over authorities’ mishandling of the brutal bullying of a 14-year-old girl, sparking violent police crackdowns and renewed scrutiny of systemic failures in addressing juvenile violence.
Candid assessments about the state of China’s economy were circulated by netizens almost as fast as they were censored.
An old man in Guangzhou shot by police ignites fears of a ramped up police state in the wake of the Zhuhai car ramming.
Using coded language and sarcasm, netizens expressed their thoughts on democratic processes and the lack of them.
The problem of smog is declining faster in Beijing than elsewhere in China, where air pollution remains at hazardous levels, reports Greenpeace. Chinese authorities, meanwhile, are making a “big deal” of going after small-time or individual polluters rather than industrial polluters. Why the smoke screen?
(February 1, 2012) China’s cyber citizens, or ‘netizens’ as they are known, are forcing their government to come clean-er on air pollution.
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