Riots in Weng'an County, southwest China, 30th June 2008

10,000 people riot in a southwestern province of China after the rape and murder of a 15-year-old girl by the deputy mayor's son is covered up by police. Protesters attacked police stations and government buildings.

riots
China

Comments

Related content

Tonghua Steel workers gather

Chinese workers beat capitalist to death

Workers afraid of privatization beat investor to death.

China: trouble in the world's sweatshop

China is experiencing a rising wave of industrial unrest, as workers increasingly turn to collective action to fight against their exploitation.

Chinese riot over detention of activist

Angry villagers in China's Shandong province have rioted in support of a blind activist who has been under house arrest for campaigning against forced sterilisations and abortions.

Chongqing province, China

China: Riots in Chongqing after death of a schoolboy

Rioting broke out in Chonqing after it was reported that the child's parents had been arrested.

58,000 mass incidents in China in first quarter as unrest grows to largest ever recorded

There were 58,000 “mass incidents”, the Chinese state's euphemism for strikes,…

Protesters in Jiangxi province blocked the highway and overturned police cars

Protests in south-east China force repeal of new tax law

The Chinese state news service, Xinhua, reported on the 16th of June that violent protests in the…