Word: huanggang
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...LAID TO REST. SUN ZHIGANG, migrant graphic designer whose beating death in March by fellow inmates and attendants in a vagrants detention center in Shenzhen led to the reform of China's strict residency laws; in his hometown of Huanggang, Hubei province, China. Although Sun had the requisite residency papers for Shenzhen, the 27-year-old wasn't carrying them when he was stopped by police for a random check. His death created an uproar in China, and in June, President Hu Jintao signed an executive order forbidding police from detaining migrants simply for lacking the proper identification...
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