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Police detain hundreds of people suspected of rioting over alleged mishandling of a teenage girl's death.
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Guizhou police have re-opened an investigation into the death of a schoolgirl in Weng'an county in southwestern China after a previous verdict sparked mass riots. Reporters witnessed an autopsy being performed on her body by provincial-level forensic experts.
Zha Jianguo was jailed nine years ago for "incitement to subvert state power." He has rejected attempts by police to keep tabs on him after his release and vows to continue to appeal his sentence.
Chinese police detain a teacher who openly criticized the construction of schools that collapsed in the Sichuan earthquake.
A Tibetan monk makes a bold request for an inquiry into alleged police graft after a large sum of cash goes missing during a search of his monastery in China's remote western province of Qinghai.
Hundreds of relatives and supporters march to government offices in the Chinese city of Qianjiang to call for a probe into the beating to death of a 13-year-old student.
A young undergraduate in China's northwestern region of Xinjiang describes how authorities dismantled a grassroots organization he founded to educate people about AIDS.
As communication becomes more difficult with people living inside Tibet, cell phone conversations with family and friends overseas and second-hand accounts continue to describe events. For security reasons, we do not identify some of our sources by name in order to protect them from retaliation.
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