Land dispute

Protesting farmer crushed to death in Sichuan

5 Apr 2013

Another farmer has been crushed to death in China in a dispute with a mining company on Wednesday – the third such case in a week, mainland media reported on Friday.

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China village chief held over land deal clash in Shangpu

10 Mar 2013

Chinese authorities have arrested a village chief and eight other people over clashes surrounding a land deal that provoked residents’ fury, as officials sought to end a stand-off over the dispute...

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Hainan farmers protest decades-long land dispute

9 Jan 2013

Dozens of farmers in Hainan Island’s capital Sanya knelt in front of the city’s government offices last month to protest against a court ruling on a 1991 land seizure they felt was unjust.

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China to tighten laws on land grabs in rural stability push

28 Nov 2012

China’s cabinet vowed on Wednesday to tighten laws on the expropriation of farmland, warning that the problem risked fuelling rural unrest and undermining the country’s food security.

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Henan city refuses to stop clearance of graves to make farmland

23 Nov 2012

A city in central Henan province says it will push ahead with grave demolitions after the levelling of millions of tombs sparked outrage.

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China Digest, November 17, 2012

17 Nov 2012

The Beijing Municipal Health Bureau aims to survey 130,000 residents over the age of 45 by March to determine their risk of having a stroke, the capital's third leading cause of death, the Beijing...

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Myanmar farmers and villagers test newfound freedoms with protests

Farmers and villagers in Myanmar are risking the fury of the authorities by standing up to big business in a test of new rights unthinkable during decades of military rule.

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Residents ready to fight Discovery Bay developer over rural trail

Discovery Bay residents are gearing up for a fight over what they claim is an illegal land grab on a popular hiking and cycling trail for an alleged luxury housing development.

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Deadly revenge attack in Kenya

Kenyan gunmen shot dead 11 people in a revenge attack following a massacre last month in which 52 people were killed in the remote southeastern Tana region, Red Cross officials said on Friday.

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LAND DISPUTE

Chongqing mother shoved into cement mixer over land grab row

A Chongqing woman was in intensive care yesterday after allegedly being pushed into a running cement mixer during a dispute over illegally seized land.

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