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Chinese struggle through 'airpocalypse' smog - Hu Li's heart sank when she realised that she could gauge how close she was to home by the colour of the air. Driving 140 kilometres from Tianjin City to Beijing last week, she held her breath as the chalky-white horizon became a charcoal grey haze.
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China media: Pollution woes - Newspapers voice more concern over the heavy smog which has hit several cities in China's north-east, disrupting motorway traffic and airports.
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Chinese journalists strike against censorship - Chinese journalists have gone on strike in protest against censorship by the authorities. About 100 staff at the Southern Weekend title in Guangdong province walked out because propaganda officials spiked the paper's new year's day editorial and replaced it with one of their own.
Strikes, Protests & Travel Delays
Residents shout' Protest!
May 17, 2013
| Google Alerts - protest
' over refinery in China ... KUNMING, China (AP) -- More than 2,000 people in southern China unfurled banners and shouted'' Protest! Protest!'' on Thursday to oppose plans for a...
Residents Shout' Protest!
May 16, 2013
| Google Alerts - protest
' Over Refinery in China ... More than 2,000 people in southern China unfurled banners and shouted,'' Protest! Protest!'' in a demonstration Thursday against plans for a petroleum...
China owner smashes up his Maserati in service protest
May 15, 2013
| Google Alerts - protest
BEIJING -- A wealthy Chinese Maserati owner hired four sledgehammer-wielding men to smash up his $420,000 supercar in protest at poor customer service, reports said Wednesday....
Three new suicides at Foxconn China
May 17, 2013
| NEWS.com.au | Breaking News
ALL three workers jumped to their deaths at a plant in the central city of Zhengzhou run by the Taiwanese electronics giant Foxconn. ...
Deadly floods sweep southern China
May 17, 2013
| BBC News - Home
Flooding and landslides across nine southern Chinese provinces leave more than 50 people dead and 14 missing, officials say. ...
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