[Mb-civic] BBC E-mail: Chinese activist attacked by mob

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Last year the government documented more than 70,000 demonstrations involving more than three million people, and according to the BBC Beijing correspondent, Daniel Griffiths, the authorities are worried that rising discontent might threaten their grip on power. 

** Chinese activist attacked by mob **
A Chinese activist is missing after being beaten as he tried to enter a village involved in a corruption dispute.
< http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/4325452.stm >


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