Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Massive Riot In Northwestern China

From The l.A. Times:

Thousands, angered over a plan to raze a city center, burn cars and battle police with rocks, iron bars and axes. A Communist office is overrun and 60 officials are injured.

Reporting from Beijing -- An angry crowd of 2,000 rioted in northwest China's Gansu province over a government plan to demolish a downtown area, torching cars and attacking a local Communist Party office, injuring 60 officials, state-run media reported Tuesday.

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