Referendum extended through next Sunday, with nearly 720,000 people voting in past three days to change how city leadership is elected
Temporary hunger strike to demonstrate for universal voting rights in former British colony
Chinese media reports in Hong Kong say Tan Zuoren taken to city of Chongqing, where he is under constant surveillance
Sources say detention linked to probe of People's Liberation Army Lieutenant-General Gu Junshan, a former subordinate of Xu who has been detained since 2012
Activists say Cao Shunli's medical condition worsened dramatically because of a lack of medical treatment
Ruigai county government notification that has spread across Chinese Internet has 15 clauses that punish families, communities and Buddhist temples of those that set themselves on fire to protest Chinese rule
Group says authorities in city of Qufu have forced them to leave after they arrived to push for investigation into death of Xue Mingkai's father while in police custody
Attorney for Wang Gongquan confirmed Monday he is being charged with gathering crowds to disrupt public order
