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China city cracks down on unlicensed cabs after rare drivers' strike

Source: Xinhuanet.com

Chongqing :: China | about 1 month ago | Political News

Traffic authorities and police in China's fourth-largest city on Sunday launched a crackdown on unlicensed taxis, which were partly blamed for triggering a rare strike by licensed drivers last week. "Illegal drivers will be fined 30,000 yuan (about 4,412 U.S....

Senior CPC official talks with cabbies after massive work stoppage

Source: Xinhuanet.com

Chongqing :: China | 2 months ago | No category

Chongqing taxi drivers complained about insufficient fuel supply and traffic jams to Bo Xilai, secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Chongqing Municipal Committee, at Thursday morning, in the wake of a work stoppage. Competition from unlicensed cabs was...

China city reduces cab management fees following driver strike

Source: Xinhuanet.com

Chongqing :: China | about 1 month ago | Business News

Cab companies agreed to reduce management fees for drivers in the southwestern Chongqing Municipality, following a strike earlier this month. The companies promised drivers they would pay 50 yuan (7.31 U.S. dollars) less per day in fees. It can cost...

With Strikes, China's New Middle Class Increasingly Expressing ...

Source: Washington Post

Chongqing :: China | 20 days ago | Business News

For two days, the drivers held this Sichuan province metropolis of 31 million people under siege, blocking roads and smashing cars. The Communist Party quickly stopped the violence by promising to address the drivers' demands for easier access to fuel...

Five killed in 'gang' fight at arcade

Source: China News

Chongqing :: China | about 1 month ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Five people were killed and two were injured in a fight at an amusement arcade here on Sunday night, local police said Monday. The incident began at about 10:30 pm with a dispute between a group of men and the...

Taxis drivers on strike in China

Source: Times Online

Chongqing :: China | about 1 month ago | Technology News

Tourists looking for a taxi in the Chinese beach resort of Sanya were disappointed again today. The drivers are on strike for a third day, demanding help against rising costs and illegal competition from unlicensed cabbies. More than 300 drivers...

License of SW China arcade center with 5 dead revoked

Source: Xinhuanet.com

Chongqing :: China | about 1 month ago | Conflict & Tragedy

The operation license of an arcade center in the southwestern Chongqing municipality was revoked on Thursday, after a dispute in the center saw five people killed and two others injured. A one-month inspection was launched for entertainment venues in the...

Wen: Maintaining economic stability a prime job

Source: CCTV

Chongqing :: China | 14 days ago | Political News

Premier Wen Jiabao has called it a prime job to maintain a stable and relatively fast economic development and take more direct, powerful and effective measures to implement central policies on increasing domestic demands and promoting economic growth in a...

Girl in U.S. custody fight adjusts to life in China

Posted by: kalex

Chongqing :: China | about 1 month ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Nine-year-old Anna He stands quietly amid the chaos in her boarding school dorm on a Sunday night, a frenzy of little girls chattering in Chinese as they change the linens on rows of wooden beds. Anna is an outsider here....

Taxi industry in need of thorough reform

Source: China News

Chongqing :: China | about 1 month ago | No category

Compared with their counterparts in other regions, taxi drivers in Chongqing, Sanya, Hainan province, and Yongdeng, Gansu province, are indeed lucky. In recent strikes launched by some taxi drivers in the three regions, they got a quick response from the...