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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Vincent Ni China affairs correspondent

Chinese city stripped of ‘civilised’ title after attack on female diners

CCTV footage from the restaurant in the northern Chinese city of Tangshan on 10 June.
CCTV footage from the restaurant in the northern Chinese city of Tangshan on 10 June. Photograph: Reuters

The northern Chinese city of Tangshan has been stripped of a national honorary title as the fallout from the assault of four women at a restaurant earlier this month continues.

The civilisation office of the Communist party of China’s central committee announced on Wednesday it had decided to remove Tangshan from the list of “national civilised cities” – the highest recognition for a Chinese city.

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