Beijing Informer

Police Quell Protest in Beijing Over Woman's Death BEIJING — Hundreds of police officers in riot gear were deployed into the streets surrounding a shopping mall in southern Beijing on Wednesday to contain a large protest that was ignited by the death of a 22-year-old woman rumored to have been raped … Full News here [...]

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Chinese police shut down protest over woman's death at Beijing shopping mall Police and paramilitaries swarmed the area around a shopping centre in southern Beijing on Wednesday as hundreds of people mounted a protest over the death of a young woman. Helicopters flew overhead and dozens of police vans surrounded the scene … Full News [...]

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Follow us on TWITTER: twitter.com Like us on FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com Beijing recently suffered a fatal flood. Although the rain dissipated a few days ago, the disaster is far from over that. Victims are being discovered continuously. Despite Beijing’s releasing an official flood death toll of 37 on the internet, people are questioning the ineffective rescue [...]

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Playboy death new wrinkle in China's power shuffle BEIJING — China's hopes for a smooth, once-a-decade political transition have been shaken by a lurid new scandal involving the death of a senior official's son who crashed during what may have been sex games in a speeding Ferrari. Details of the March … Full News here [...]

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The official death toll from Beijing’s floods has been revised to 77 lives lost, according to Chinese authorities. [Pan Anjun, Deputy Chief of Beijing Flood Control Headquarters]: “By now, 77 bodies are found in Beijing. Among them, 66 people’s identities have been confirmed. 11 others are yet to be identified. Of the 66 people, 61 [...]

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Death toll from Beijing rainstorm rises to 78 The body of a 65-year-old man from the neighboring Hebei province was retrieved from a pond near Dongguan village of Fangshan district, according to a statement issued by the Beijing Municipality Government on its official microblog account at weibo … Full News here – Read more on [...]

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Beijing Raises Flooding Death Toll BEIJING—Embattled Beijing city officials raised the death toll from weekend flooding to 77 from 37 as they fended off criticism, including from some Chinese state media, of their handling of the disaster. Major weekend flooding left a wide path of … Full News here – Read more on Wall Street [...]

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BEIJING – Chinese authorities on Thursday raised Beijing storm’s death toll to 77 after the public questioned the days-old tally of 37, with some residents even compiling their own totals in a reflection of deep mistrust of the government’s … Full News here – Beijing – Bing News

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