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China Arrests Seizes Waste, Arrests 39 in Crackdown

2017-11-07 16:12:13| Waste Age

After three rounds of concentrated crackdown on illegal waste, the country has arrested 259 suspects.

China arrests 21 for $7.6bn 'scam'

2016-02-01 07:44:04| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

China arrests 21 people involved in an online finance scam alleged to have robbed some 50bn yuan ($7.6bn) from around 900,000 investors.

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China arrests anti-smog campaigners

2015-03-09 14:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Telegraph: Police in northern China have arrested two citizen activists who took to the streets with placards reading: "The government has a duty to control smog". Feng Honglian and Zhang Hui were taken into custody on Sunday, one day after China's environment minister promised to "guarantee the public's rights to supervise the fight against air pollution". Earlier in the day, the pair had been among a small group of activists who held an anti-pollution protest in Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi province....

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China pollution arrests rise as Beijing pushes green agenda

2014-06-12 19:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Agence France-Press: China arrested more people last year for environmental offences than in the previous 10 combined, state media said Thursday, as Beijing strives to produce results after a much-vaunted pollution crackdown. The official Xinhua news agency said 200 people had been arrested and more than 3,500 companies and workshops shut down for environmental violations, figures that remained comparatively modest in a nation of 1.3 billion beset by air and water pollution and waste disposal problems. Environmental...

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