【新唐人2012年10月29日讯】美媒：宁波官员低头 停建化工厂
据《美联社》10月28号报导，周日成千上万抗议者在中国东部城市游行抵制石化厂扩建，终于让地方当局做出了让步，地方当局承诺停止石化厂扩建项目。
报导说，在中国政治敏感期发生的抗议示威，周末的规模扩大，发生了警民冲突。周日晚间，宁波市政府在一份声明中说，他们和项目投资人已经“坚决”同意不再扩建。
但政府办公楼外大批示威者仍在坚守，一名官员试图在扬声器中宣读官方声明，但是被“要求市长下台”的呼声淹没了。最后，人群发出了短暂欢呼，然后要求当局释放被关押的示威者。
《美联社》认为，在中国政治敏感期内，高层需要安定的时候，发生了抗议事件，宁波市政府很可能面临巨大的压力。现在还不清楚地方当局是否最终会撤销这个项目？还是当压力减小时会继续项目？
《纽时》温家宝报导 首页消失
美国《纽约时报》10月26号在头版，刊登关于中共总理温家宝的“家族贪腐事件”，迅速成为海内外各大媒体的焦点。不过，这则报导已经从《纽约时报》网页的中国新闻头版撤下，《大纪元》新闻网表示，《纽约时报》中文新闻网页，可以往前浏览到23号，没有理由这篇报导不在近期的首页呈现。
还有海外中文媒体注意到，在中文新闻排行榜中，这条可能抹黑温家宝的新闻一度消失。
阻进京上访 上海500多访民遭软禁
另外，《大纪元》报导，中共召开“十八大”前夕，上海市政府不惜成本，设置层层关卡，阻止访民到北京上访。许多访民被软禁在家，当局派人日夜看管。
据《大纪元》介绍，上海嘉定区安亭镇秦荣美女士是一位老访民，年过60，因为土地被强征，上访了10多年。
28号，秦荣美通过电话告诉《大纪元》记者，社区干部派了12人来看守她，阻止她到北京上访。她说：“他们把我当犯人一样看着。”秦女士还说，上海当局会给老访民每个人四、五万元的维稳费，让访民别去上访，但是她一分钱都没有拿到，她说，这些钱都被“私吞”了。
另外，据另一名逃脱监禁的访民陆瑛介绍，上海市像她一样上了监控黑名单的访民有500多名。而且大部分人和她一样，被软禁在家。陆瑛表示，她只是一个老太太，政府派12个人来监控她，全上海市那么多访民，得派多少人监控？她说，“为了阻止我们上访，政府不惜成本，糟蹋老百姓的血汗钱。”
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Ningbo City to Stop Expanding Chemical Plant?
The Associated Press reported on October 28,
that tens of thousands of people protested on Sunday against expanding a chemical plant in eastern China’s city.
Local authorities finally gave in and agreed to stop the project.
The report states that the scale of the protest was expanded,
with protesters and police having conflicts during the protest.
Ningbo City government said in a statement Sunday evening,
that project investors agreed not to expand the factory.
Lots of protesters were outside the government building,
and an official tried to read out the statement with a speaker.
However, his voice was drowned out by protestors’ yelling
of requiring the mayor to step down.
Finally, people had a brief cheer, and required the authority
to release the arrested protesters.
AP believes, the protest in this politically sensitive period
places a lot of pressure on the Ningbo City government, while the higher officials need social stability.
It is not clear if local officials will truly stop this project,
or if they will restart the project when the pressure lessens.
NY Times Removes Front Page’ Wen Jiabao Report
New York Times published a front-page article about family
corruption of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on October 26.
It soon became the focus of all media.
However, this report was removed.
The Epoch Times claims the news can be back read
in the Chinese news website of New York Times from 23rd.
There is no reason as to why the report
doesn’t show up on recent pages.
Overseas Chinese media took note
of this strange to them news disappearance.
Petitioners Blocked From Beijing
Epoch Times reports, Shanghai government is using every
means to prevent petitioners from going to Beijing before the 18th Party Congress.
Many petitioners were put under house arrest,
monitored day and night.
Mrs. Qin Rongmei is a 60-year-old veteran petitioner
living in Shanghai City.
She’s been appealing for over 10 years
because of forced house demolition.
Qin told the Epoch Times via a phone interview on the 28th,
that 12 people were dispatched by community officials.
Qin is under watch and their intent is to stop her
from going to Beijing to appeal.
Qin Rongmei: “They watched me as if I were a prisoner.”
She added that the Shanghai authority promised
to give each veteran petitioner 40 to 50 thousand RMB.
A stability maintenance fee to stop the appeal petitions.
But Qin received nothing. Officials had pocketed the money.
Another petitioner Lu Ying, who escaped from detention,
said that over 500 petitioners like her are on the blacklist.
Most of them are under house arrest.
Lu says she’s just an old woman,
but the government also sent 12 people to monitor her.
There are so many petitioners in Shanghai,
how many people do they need to dispatch?
Lu Ying: “In order to prevent us from appealing,
the government is wasting so much of the people’s money.”
