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Vigilante
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posted 15 April 2005 10:40 PM      Profile for Vigilante        Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,7369,1460263,00.html

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There is a strange new sightseeing attraction in this normally sleepy corner of the Chinese countryside: smashed police cars, rows of trashed buses and dented riot helmets.

They are the trophies of a battle in which peasants scored a rare and bloody victory against the communist authorities, who face one of the most serious popular challenges to their rule in recent years.

In driving off more than 1,000 riot police at the start of the week, Huankantou village in Zhejiang province is at the crest of a wave of anarchy that has seen millions of impoverished farmers block roads and launch protests against official corruption, environmental destruction and the growing gap between urban wealth and rural poverty.


This is encouraging.


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posted 15 April 2005 10:43 PM      Profile for verbatim   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Ugh. I'm not looking forward to the footage of the tanks rolling into the village.
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Nanuq
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posted 15 April 2005 11:44 PM      Profile for Nanuq   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Village? What village?
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Boom Boom
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posted 15 April 2005 11:48 PM      Profile for Boom Boom     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Reading about China or North Korea or a handful of other repressive societies makes me give thanks daily for being able to live a relatively good life in Canada. Even with all the problems we have, I still like it here more than just about anywhere else (and I like it better here than in the USA, if you were going to ask).
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NDP Newbie
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posted 16 April 2005 04:42 AM      Profile for NDP Newbie     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Good.

Every time a Chinese or American or Islamist authority enter the gates of Hell, the souls of 10 decent people are saved.


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posted 16 April 2005 04:44 AM      Profile for verbatim   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
Originally posted by Nanuq:
Village? What village?

Um, Huankantou? The one where the rioting took place?

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Wilf Day
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posted 16 April 2005 05:07 AM      Profile for Wilf Day     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Odd. The Guardian says "a chemical factory."
But the Reuters report said:
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Police had tried to disperse about 200 elderly women who had kept a 24-hour vigil for two weeks at sheds and at a roadblock outside an industrial park housing about 13 chemical factories, villagers and local officials said by telephone.

. . two of about 200 elderly women protesting over factory pollution died during efforts to disperse them.



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posted 16 April 2005 05:16 AM      Profile for maestro     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
Details of Benton Harbor (Michigan) riots emerging
Posted: 06/17/2003 05:03 pm

Several police cars were severely damaged by bricks and bottles thrown from the mob

Monday night a Benton Harbor neighborhood turned into a mob scene. Hundreds of angry people crowded the neighborhood near Pavone and Empire to protest the death of 28-year-old Terrance Shurn of Benton Harbor.

He was killed after his motorcycle crashed following a high-speed police chase.

The riots lasted for close to six hours but the unrest began much earlier in the evening. It started at 7 PM Michigan time when more than 100 people turned out for Benton Harbor's city commission meeting because they were upset with the chase involving Benton Township police, which ended in Benton Harbor.

Rioting begins
After the meeting, around 11 PM, the rioting began near Empire and Broadway Streets. Eventually the mob grew to 300 to 400 people.

The mob threw bricks and bottles at police cars causing thousands of dollars in damages. Police decided to suit up in riot gear.

By about 1 AM a vacant house was set on fire by people in the crowd.


This is encouraging.

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