1/16 Life in China
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/16/international/asia/16cnd-china.html
"'The police arrived at 8 p.m., and then started beating people from 9
p.m., trying to disperse the crowd,' said a schoolteacher who spoke by
telephone, giving her name only as Yang. 'When this happened, the crowd
got very angry and lots of people picked up stones on the ground and
threw them at the policemen. After being attacked, policemen were
furious, they just beat up everyone, using their batons.'"
\_"The police are not here to create disorder,
they're here to preserve disorder."
\_ "Indeed, demonstrating residents of Panlong village said their anger
had been sparked by a government land acquisition program they had
been led to believe in 2003 was part of a construction project to
build a superhighway connecting the nearby city of Zhuhai with
Beijing. Later, the villagers learned the land was being re-sold to
developers to set up special chemical and garment industrial zones
in the area." This doesn't just sound like China...
in the area." When life (here) imitates China...
\_"The police are not here to create disorder, they're here to
preserve disorder."
\_ "Indeed, demonstrating residents of Panlong village said their
anger had been sparked by a government land acquisition program
they had been led to believe in 2003 was part of a construction
project to build a superhighway connecting the nearby city of
Zhuhai with Beijing. Later, the villagers learned the land was
being re-sold to developers to set up special chemical and
garment industrial zones in the area." When life (here)
imitates China...
\_ my friend in Beijing told me that he witnessed a protest
turned mobs. What he found amusing was that the mobs, with no
appearent organization structure, burn the police station to the
ground but left surrounding shop intacted. No looting occured at
all.
\_ Sounds like the Volleyball Court riots. |
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