Bombings in China rattle officials' nerves

By artappraiser on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 10:22pm |

By Barbara Demick, Los Angeles Times, May 27, 2011

Chinese authorities fearful of unrest try to smother reports of three bomb blasts set off by a farmer who was apparently upset about his house being demolished. The bomber and one other person are killed.

Reporting from Beijing—

....Angry reporters in Fuzhou complained that police confiscated their notebooks and cellphones and deleted photographs from cameras. An early report posted on the official New China News Agency site that described the attack as retaliation against local government was later removed....

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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-china-bombings-20110527,0,5959290.story