城管 chengguan refers to “City Management” departments throughout China tasked with enforcing municipal laws, regulations, codes, etc. Their staff personnel have a very poor reputation amongst the Chinese public as being corrupt and violent brutes, infamous for physically bullying illegal street vendors, hawkers, and peddlers, often resulting in injuries, sometimes resulting in deaths.
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What If The ‘District 9′ Alien Prawns Landed In China? Chinese netizens wonder what would happen to the "prawns" aliens from the movie "District 9" if they had landed in various different parts/cities of China. 92
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Street Peddler Beaten & Paralyzed By Shanghai Chengguan Chinese netizens argue over news of 5 "chengguan" (China's city managers/inspectors) arrested after beating & paralyzing a watermelon street vendor in Shanghai. 107
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Hui Minority Beats Lanzhou Chengguan Onto Knees Crying In Lanzhou, China, the local Muslim Hui minority suddenly fights back against the infamous "cheng guan" (minor law enforcement officials) for bullying peddlers. 85
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Controversial Chengguan Handbook Outrage Netizens Netizens react to a government handbook that teaches low-level municipal administrators (chengguan) how to use violence without leaving evidence or being seen. 12
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Along The River…After The City Managers Came… Chinese netizens use a famous painting to make fun of China's "chengguan", who are notorious for abusing their power to bully those weaker than themselves. 31
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Outrageous Siyang City Management Officials Chinese netizens outraged when low-level officials who are normally responsible for enforcing a city's laws, guidelines, & rules violently abuse the poor. 34
