Dongguan, Chang'an Town, a notorious nightclub was the scene of a clash between Shenzhen special police and gangsters with knives. During the altercation, officers opened fire, accidentally striking a nearby cab driver in the process. Though the driver was taken to the hospital, he was pronounced dead the next morning. more ›

A senior student in Dongguan University of Techonology has given himself up to the police for killing a sophomore after a failed attempt to rape her. The would-be rapist surnamed Ao followed Liang Rongcai (梁荣彩), the victim, to the washroom and attempted to rape her. Encountered with Liang's resistence, Ao killed her and subsequently escaped. more ›

Thousands of workers in Dongguan, Guangdong Province staged a massive strike against new regulations imposed by their factory management on Thursday. Thousands of workers besieged their factory in Dongguan's Huangjiang Township and blockaded the town's main road. At one point, protesters were said to have numbered over 10,000. Conflicts broke out between riot police and protesting workers as the police tried to prevent workers from approaching the government building. Dozens of workers reportedly suffered head wounds after they were beaten by riot police. more ›

Disaster has struck again in Guangdong province, where the death of two-year-old toddler Yueyue after a double hit-and-run has left the nation and the world stunned with the apathy of bystanders who left her bleeding by the roadside. Two three-year-old kids have been knocked down in separate incidents under eerily similar circumstances, both just metres away from their parents' shophouses. more ›

The only good we can conceive of coming from this story is greater expediency for the construction of China's social welfare system: "A woman who attempted suicide after killing her 13-year-old twin sons with cerebral palsy in a south China city was sentenced to five years in prison for murder yesterday. Han Qunfeng, 37, was given a lenient sentence because she had "an extremely complicated family background and motive," Dongguan City No. 1 People's Court in Guangdong Province said, according to news portal Timedg.com. The former bank clerk made her sons drink water laced with sleeping pills before drowning them in the bathtub at her home in November 2010. She then dressed her sons in new pajamas and consumed a mixture of pesticide and rat poison to kill herself. But she threw up some of the poison in a semi-conscious state, was rushed to hospital by her husband the next morning and saved, the court heard. Han pleaded guilty and regretted killing her twin sons at the hearing on June 2. Han said she had lost all hope after looking after her disabled children for 13 years. Han's husband said the family was nearly bankrupt after spending all the money on the twins' treatment." [Shanghai Daily] more ›

• Girl dumps boy, boy posts naked pictures [Shanghai Daily] "About 30 pictures of a naked woman together with her personal information including her name, age and family address had been posted on a popular online forum by a person claiming to be her ex-boyfriend. The person, identified as "Garros," said that he had been recently dumped by the woman surnamed Yin after his business failed."
• Dongguan lifts ban on nightclub pole dancing [szdaily] "DONGGUAN lifted a ban on pole dancing performances at city nightclubs in a revised rule formulated to regulate local recreational businesses last week. The ban, which has been a controversial issue since it was listed in a draft rule, was groundless because of lack of legal support, the city’s cultural bureau told the Guangzhou Daily."
• Ted Turner: China a Good Example of Population Control, Despite Forced Abortions [Lifenews] "Billionaire broadcast magnate Ted Turner is causing guffaws from observers with his latest comment on family planning in China. He lauded the Asian nation for its population control program and said it was a good example even though it is rife with forced abortions and sterilizations. During an interview with the Diane Rehm Show gave China as a model for how to handle growing populations. “We do have the example of China, and they've done it without, uh, draconian, as far as I can see, draconian steps," he said. Observers of the quote are surprised that Rehm let it go unchallenged and without any mention of the human rights abuses that accompany the Chinese family planning program."

Hundreds of parents set to the streets on April 15th in a peaceful march, begging for help in finding their missing children. Originally reported by the New Express (translated by Danwei), the parents claim that about 1,000 children have gone missing from the Dongguan area since 2007. At their wits end, they've set out to draw more attention to the apparent, widespread abduction problem. more ›