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China: Protest against government “hook” by chopping little finger off

Monday, November 9th, 2009 @ 15:34 UTC

by Oiwan Lam

Countries:: China
Topics:: Humanitarian, Law, Protest
Languages:: English

Xujun Eberlein from Inside-out China blogs about a 18-year-old man Sun Zhongjie's act of chopping off his little finger off to protest against the Shanghai Traffic Management Bureau's “hook” on “black taxi driver”.

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