A large-scale fight broke out in the Chinese fishing village Aoshan. It had been sold by officials, and an attempt by police to arrest petitioners objecting to the sale led to the conflict.
At a forced demolition in southern China’s Fujian Province a deputy mayor used police and thugs to beat villagers mercilessly. One villager lost an eye, another was crippled for life, others were beaten senseless.
Rice paddies are expected to be lush and fruitful after a thunderstorm, but a paddy in Dabu Village in southeastern China’s Fujian Province unexpectedly grew white shapes that have been described as like “cotton candy” or “monsters.”
A man that was hurt when he was pulled off his motorbike by police argued with police and called a crowd, who turned on them. The police fled, while the crowd beset their abandoned vehicles.