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  • The protest in Qianxi County, Guizhou province, was the latest of thousands of brief, local riots and demonstrations that happen in China every year, and like many recent outbreaks this one pitted residents against "urban administration" officials charged with enforcing law and order.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • The protest in Qianxi County, Guizhou province, was the latest of thousands of brief, local riots and demonstrations that happen in China every year, and like many recent outbreaks this one pitted residents against "urban administration" officials charged with enforcing law and order.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • Radio Free Asia, a news service based in Washington D.C., reported the clash in Qianxi broke out after officials tried to confiscate an electric cycle, injuring the female owner.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • But Chinese authorities are wary of any discussion of such discontent spreading, and by Friday morning, searches on Weibo for Qianxi County and even Guizhou province were largely blocked on Weibo, with a message saying the "relevant legal regulations" prevented showing the search results.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • Radio Free Asia, a news service based in Washington D.C., reported the clash in Qianxi broke out after officials tried to confiscate an electric cycle, injuring the female owner.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • Residents in Qianxi county in Guizhou province protested after a man who had parked a car illegally clashed with "chengguan," or urban management corps.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • Crowds came out in Qianxi, Guizhou province, after local officials apparently shoved an elderly woman who had parked her motorbike illegally.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • Last month, rumours that the death of a fruit seller was down to mistreatment by local officials sparked a mass riot in Anshun, about 60km 40 miles from Qianxi.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • News reports of the latest incident say crowds gathered outside the Qianxi local government building on Thursday afternoon after rumours of the parking row spread.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • But Chinese authorities are wary of any discussion of such discontent spreading, and by Friday morning, searches on Weibo for Qianxi County and even Guizhou province were largely blocked on Weibo, with a message saying the "relevant legal regulations" prevented showing the search results.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

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