Posts tagged ‘equal opportunity’

Jun 29

Tell the Shaanxi government, we’re very angry

This is the 1510 Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published in Chinese on My1510.cn, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project.

Today’s first posting is the tale of an angry citizen calling Shaanxi provincial government offices to complain about the recent forced abortion scandal. Read more

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