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| China cracks down on peaceful protests |
| 2011-03-01 |
| [Iran Press TV] China has nabbed foreign journalists attempting to report on peaceful protests, which were being held for the second consecutive Sunday. Large numbers of coppers were deployed to stop the rallies, which resemble pro-democracy movements in the Middle East and North Africa. Hundreds of uniformed and plainclothes police aggressively pushed away foreign news hounds with cameras and briefly jugged several. Police blew shrill whistles nonstop to keep protesters from coming close to the People's Square in Shanghai. Water trucks, which are used to clean streets, have been brought out and police is using this as an excuse to prevent any gatherings. US Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman on Monday condemned the harassment, detention and beating of some foreign news hounds, who sought to cover the protests. The campaigners behind the "Jasmine rallies" -- a reference to the "Jasmine revolution" in Tunisia that sparked Islamic Awakening across the Arab world -- said their movement had support in dozens of cities. According to a newly created Facebook page called "Chinese Jasmine Revolution," organizers have called for another round of protests this Sunday. Online protest appeals have urged citizens to gather for subtle "strolling" demonstrations each Sunday in cities across China to highlight public anger with the government. Analysts believe that the recurrence of the Sunday rallies would provide an opportunity for Chinese Mohammedans to set objectives for the popular movement by joining the protests. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 ..which is why the people of Chicago keep getting the |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2011-03-01 20:46 |
| #4 Lotp. Historically, China only has two states: (i) A strong autocratic central rule; or (ii) anarchy and warlordism. And most educated Chinese are aware of the fact. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-03-01 12:59 |
| #3 Yes, gromky, you've reassured us several times on that point. And yet I keep hearing from Chinese friends that they are not happy at all with the corruption of local officials etc. One need not intend to overthrow a government in order to protest and pressure for changes. |
| Posted by: lotp 2011-03-01 11:00 |
| #2 More troublemaking by people who don't live in China. The foreign journalists make all of us foreigners look bad. All they ever want to do is "recite the narrative" with their premade bullshit stories about China. There is no support for overthrowing the government, because China is better off now than it has ever been in its 5,000 year history, and only getting better every day. |
| Posted by: gromky 2011-03-01 03:34 |
| #1 ION CATHAY, DAILY TIMES.PK > [Online = Net]CAMPAIGNERS PLAN NEW RALLIES IN CHINA, proclaiming that the Jasmine-style movement has spread to 100 cities. * PEOPLE'S DAILY FORUM > 84,000 KAREN PEOPLE ASK UN TO INTERVENE AGZ BURMA GOVT [human rights abuses = possible war crimes]. * SAME > HIRING CHINESE WORKERS, RUSSIA STRENGTHENS GRIP ON [disputed]KURILS, vee JAPAN. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-03-01 01:43 |