Hunan

20 May 2013

The Provincial Higher People’s Court said on Sunday that it would review plaintiff Tang Hui’s lawsuit against Yongzhou authorities after she was sent to a labour camp for 18 months.

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Hunan official's 'meteoric rise' to the top cut short as he's forced to resign

8 May 2013

Hunan county's 27-year-old deputy head Xu Tao resigns after it emerges that his parents were also once local officials.

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Fears in Hong Kong and Guangdong as H7N9 virus hits Hunan

27 Apr 2013

A 64-year-old woman from Shaoyang in Hunan province was diagnosed with H7N9 bird flu yesterday, sparking fears that the virus might soon emerge in Guangdong and Hong Kong.

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Defiant labour-camp mum Tang Hui to appeal verdict against payout

20 Apr 2013

Tang Hui, the mother of a rape victim whose campaign for justice is also seen as a strong call to end the notorious labour camp system, remains defiant and is working on an appeal to the Hunan...

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Former labour camp inmate Tang Hui denied compensation

12 Apr 2013

A court in Hunan has denied compensation to a former labour camp inmate in a what could have been landmark case in Hunan on Friday. Tang Hui had sought damages from the Yongzhou government...

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Hunan villagers refuse to drink tap water deemed 'safe'

18 Mar 2013

About 20,000 residents from the town of Changshou in Hunan province’s Pingjiang county have refused to drink local tap water for years despite quality control tests showing no evidence of...

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Opinion

Tom Holland

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

4:45AM

Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

5:26AM

Officials chided for taking too many days off for Lunar New Year

Long holidays can sometimes be too much of a good thing – as officials from Gansu and Hunan provinces are now learning.

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15 killed, scores injured in Hunan highway pile-up

A massive pile-up involving more than a dozen vehicles on a busy central China highway has killed at least 15 people and injured more than 60, Chinese media reported on Friday.

9:56PM

Angry farmer who threatened children after his house demolished detained

A Hunan farmer turned himself in last night following a citywide manhunt in Guangzhou that began at the weekend after he threatened to attack schools in the city.

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Recently denied state compensation, Tang Hui still demands an investigation into two police officers she claims raped her daughter in 2006

The two men her daughter was able to identify from among her many rapists, Tang says, are being protected by their police colleagues who refuse to launch an investigation.

12:23PM

CCTV reporters beaten while investigating illegal sewage treatment in Hunan

Zhao Xi, a CCTV reporter, was attacked and received head injuries covering a story on illegal sewage treatment at a paper mill in Hunan on Wednesday night, the Beijing News reported

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Undercover reporter accuses homeless shelter staff of beating

Changsha officials are investigating allegations that an undercover reporter had been beaten up by staff members of a homeless shelter this week, Chinese media reported on Thursday.

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