Thousands of people have clashed with police and smashed cars in eastern China after protests over taxes turned violent, a rights group said Thursday, while authorities put the number in the hundreds. Several police were hurt in the riots, which began as a protest by business owners over taxes in the eastern Chinese city of Huzhou in Zhejiang province, according to an official statement posted on a local government website.
Authorities said 600 people were involved in Wednesday's protests, but local witnesses, bloggers and a Hong Kong rights group put the number of protestors in the thousands.
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