Sentences with phrase «into violent confrontations»

Jia Zhang - ke's ambitious, stylized look at life in contemporary China stars Zhao Tao and Jiang Wu as ordinary citizens forced into violent confrontations by an apathetic and amoral state.

As per an article available here, «a massive strike organized by a radical wing of the country's largest teachers union [the National Coordinator of Education Workers (or CNTE)-RSB- turned into a violent confrontation with police» starting last weekend.

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The convoy turned into a field, at which point around 1,300 police descended upon them and a violent confrontation took place.

Violent depictions involve physical confrontations with fantastical immortal characters that are brutally tossed and beaten, as well as smashed into objects, walls and floors.

What follows is the heartrending account of October's efforts to reclaim her dignity, her profession, and her son, efforts that lead her into a bitter struggle with her sister and a confrontation with her parents» violent past.

As the British pushed into the interior of the country, there were numerous violent confrontations with the Maya (see Mayan Emigration and Conflict, ch.