The contemporary political history of Sichuan Province
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- Major Riot in Sichuan's
Reform-Through-Labor Camp
- By Guan Jie, in Hong Kong Cheng Ming, 1
August 1997, pp. 21–22. The prisoners placed under
detention at the Yaan Camp in Sichuan angrily rose up in
riot on 3 July and ended up in a sanguinary clash with the
public security and armed police forces. The riot lasted 22
hours. Nearly 500 persons were injured or dead. Among the
casualties, more than 180 public security personnel and
armed policemen suffered injuries and 17 of them died.
- Sichuan Cracks Down on Cigarette Smuggling,
Counterfeiting
- Xinhua, 3 February 2002. Crack down on cigarette smuggling
and counterfeiting was a success in terms of illegal goods
confiscated.