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Chinese Police Confront Grieving Parents
Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English
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Police officers here on Tuesday surrounded more than 100 parents protesting shoddy school construction and mourning the deaths of thousands of children during the recent earthquake. (article 1)
The police dragged away several crying mothers and removed some journalists trying to report on the event, according to witnesses and photographs of the protest. (article 1)
The attempt to snuff out the protest was the strongest sign so far of the government's growing impatience with public airing of grievances over unsafe school construction. (article 1)
The police action was the clearest signal yet that authorities are hardening their stance against the impromptu displays of public anger over the May 12 earthquake that collapsed schools and killed thousands of children. (article 2)
The Chinese government has instructed domestic media outlets to rein in coverage of the schools that collapsed during last month's devastating earthquake in Sichuan province, journalists familiar with the directive have told the Financial Times. (article 3)
A notice was sent to media outlets across the country late last week, following a spate of reports about the collapses that killed thousands of students. (article 3)
Their parents blame sub-standard construction and government negligence, if not corruption, especially in areas where schools were the only structures to fail catastrophically. (article 3)
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Story keywords
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Parents, collapsed, School, earthquake, Sichuan |
Source articles
- Chinese Police Confront Grieving Parents (nytimes.com, 06/04/2008, 665 words)
- ABC News: Police Drag Parents From Quake Protest (ABCNews, 06/03/2008, 323 words)
- Beijing reins in quake coverage (ft.com, 06/01/2008, 456 words)
- China reins in quake school fury (BBC News, 06/03/2008, 351 words)
- Schools Fell While Other Buildings Held (Washington Post, 06/03/2008, 395 words)
- Children's Day in China turns into day of mourning for young quake victims (dallasnews.com, 06/02/2008, 445 words)
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