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Taiwan: reports of protests in Taipei

Insightful and detailed accounts of the 6 November protests by the Far-Eastern Sweet Potato and Michella. The Bala Daily reports on a student protest at the Executive Yuan that was broken up by police. ...full story at Global Voices

from Global Voices on Sat, Nov 08 2008

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21 Apr 08 visit Olympics Chinese Protest against CNN & French Carrefour  »  YouTube videoCNN reports on Chinese protest in several Chinese cities against French company Carrefour following the protests during the Paris Torch Relay. Also protests outside CNN's Los Angeles Office over reporting from Jack Cafferty.
01 Dec 08 visit Taiwan: Flawed advice from abroad  »  Global Voices Michael Turton analyses some views of Taiwan from the US establishment. The Far-Eastern Sweet Potato criticises the advice of the European Chamber of Commerce Taipei.
17 Aug 09 visit Henan steel mill sale halted after protests  »  Danwei Keith Bradsher in the New York Times reports that the privatization of a state-owned steel mill in Anyang, Henan Province, has been suspended following large-scale protests last week: The newspaper China Daily reported on Saturday that the police had...
27 Oct 08 visit Taiwan: Huge crowd at 1025 protest  »  Global Voices Several media outlets reported that 600,000 people attended the 1025 Safeguard Taiwan protest on Saturday in Taipei. A-gu live blogged on the protest tracking the news reports of several TV channels. Travels around Taiwan had a post featuring photos of...
25 May 09 visit Small protests for big problems  »  Danwei The Financial Times in China reports about what is happening in terms of protests in recent weeks: Traffic in Beijing's central business district came to a standstill last Monday. Police cordoned off a 200-metre stretch of busy Guanghua road,...
17 Oct 08 visit Taiwan: Xinhua reporters and intelligence gathering  »  Global Voices The Far-Eastern Sweet Potato writes about the resumption of the posting of Xinhua News Agency and People’s Daily correspondents in Taiwan. He argues that this will add to Beijing's intelligence gathering capacity in Taiwan.

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