Cabbies on rampage in Chongqing

Taxi drivers smashed car windows and police vehicles as they went on the rampage through Chongqing yesterday, the Xinhua News Agency reported.

Thousands of drivers in the city were protesting over increased operating costs, shortages of natural gas and high traffic fines, it said.

They are also unhappy about the government's lack of effort to stop unlicensed taxis operating in the city, Xinhua claimed.