Tag Archives: China
Africans protest in #China as man dies in police custody
More than 100 Africans protested on Tuesday outside a police station in China’s southern Guangdong province after an African man died in police custody. The protest in Guangdong’s capital Guangzhou, which brought traffic to a halt, lasted for two hours on Tuesday, Xinhua reported, citing an official from the Guangzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau. The […]
#CHINA: URGENT APPEAL: Investigate Activist Li Wangyang’s Death
Urgent Appeal for Credible Investigation into the Truth of Li Wangyang(李旺阳)’s Death Click HERE to sign Hunan labor movement leader Mr.Li Wangyang (李旺阳, see below for bio and video) was found dead in the morning of June 6th, 2012, in Daxiang Hospital, Shaoyang municipality, Hunan province (湖南邵阳市), China. Mr. Li’s brother-in-law Zhao Baozhu (赵宝珠) told media that […]
Rare citizen journalist video of riot in #China
Tens of thousands took to the streets of Xianjiang in protest on Monday 28 May, 2012, after the death of a young man on May 12. Immigrant worker, Hunan Zhijiang Ji Yang Wenzhou, aged 19, was attacked with an iron bar during a dispute with his boss over pay. The serious injuries sustained during the attack proved fatal and […]
Chinese Investment In Nigeria Hits $8.4 Billion – Official
Chinese investment in Nigeria has hit the 8.4 billion dollar mark, says Mr Yonghua Ding, the Head of the Political and Press Section at the Chinese Embassy. Ding, who stated this in Abuja on Thursday, noted that the investment was in telecommunications, agriculture, oil and gas and power, among others. He said the figure was […]
#Spain worries over #Mauritania fish
The head of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment (Magrama), Miguel Arias Cañete stressed “the great concern with which Spain contemplates the blockade in the negotiations of the new protocol of the fisheries agreement with Mauritania.” The latest round of negotiations between the European Union (EU) and Mauritania was completed in December 2011 and the Spanish […]
