Posted on 06/28/2005 6:09:27 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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China: A Large Riot Broke Out In Anhui Province |
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In the afternoon of June 26, 2005, a large riot broke out in Chi-zhou, Anhui Province, China, in which about 10,000 people attacked a police substation and set fire on police vehicles.
However, crowds at the scene disagreed with the Chinese media report, and explained the situation as follows: "At 2 pm, Liu Liang, a middle school pupil was a riding a bicycle, and it happened to graze a car which the owner of Ren-he Clinic, a private hospital, is riding, resulting in a scratch. The argument from both sides ensued. Then, men riding with the clinic's owner, came out of the car and started to slash him (with their knives.) A passerby on a motor cycle saw this, got off, and tried to stop the fight, but was also swept into the melee. The owner was shouting from the side, "If you kill one of them, I will pay 300,000 yuan. The police came not long after the incident, but they did not handle it fairly, which provoke people's anger. The situation started to deteriorate, and angry citizens set fire on the clinic owner's car and a police car near the entrance of police substation. Two police vehicles were destroyed at the scene." However, Chi-zhou Daily, a local paper, reported on June 26th edition, 'A small number of lawbreakers incited innocent passersby to beat policemen, attack the police substation, destroy police vehicles, and loot the nearby supermarket." It was revealed that the Public Security Agency in Anhui Province brought in additional reinforcement of 700 policemen, arrested many citizens, and the middle school pupil, Liu Liang, is being treated at a hospital now. For now, Internet bulletin board in Chi-zhou City has been shut down, but on other Internet discussion forums, heated debates on this incident ensued. Chinese posters are asking, "Why are crowds always painted as law-breaking and being a mob?", or commenting, "It is not crowds but the government who do not know what is going on ," or "Tyranny creates a violent mob." Daily China - http://dailychina.net
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Ping!
The important question that is never answered in these articles about Chinese protests is "what is the protest about?" If these guys only want the government to reduce the price of rice, then these protests are not all that significant.
If the account below, from the article, is correct . . . I hope they beat the hell out of the occupants of the car.
"At 2 pm, Liu Liang, a middle school pupil was a riding a bicycle, and it happened to graze a car which the owner of Ren-he Clinic, a private hospital, is riding, resulting in a scratch. The argument from both sides ensued. Then, men riding with the clinic's owner, came out of the car and started to slash him (with their knives.)
A passerby on a motor cycle saw this, got off, and tried to stop the fight, but was also swept into the melee. The owner was shouting from the side, "If you kill one of them, I will pay 300,000 yuan."
A large political unrest usually starts with a mundane problem. Apparently, this incident is about more than the price of rice, it is about power abuse, albeit on a local level. It is a microcosm of how the entire system works in China.
Thanks, I was going to ask if this story had been confirmed by other media sources because frankly, I just don't believe anything that comes out of the Epoch Times.
It's like reading the People's Daily but from the other end of the spectrum.
Of course, if they are planning to take Taiwan soon, then they may reckon on nationalism as a quick fix, but I don't think that it will suffice as a cure.
Why does this quote make me think of Hillary Clinton?
Are there any independent media confirmations?
I'm not biting until someone else reports their own account.
Perhaps you could read between the lines the article in Chi-zhou Daily, and tell what really might have happened.
Why does this quote make me think of Hillary Clinton?
Because Hillary's yuan in a million?
not specific enough.
To me, the fact that the media doesn't tell us what it's about merely proves that it doesn't fit the image they are trying to create of what's going on in China.
I'm not saying that I don't believe the incident didn't happen, just that I don't trust the ET.
That is exactly what I was thinking. These people are READY for FREEDOM. Sad the way they are forced to live/exist.
What is the Epoch Times? I see from the link that it's Korean. Why would it be untrustworthy about China?
A lot of scepticism about ET. I know its a Falung Gong house organ, but it seems to get the stories out 1st that are later picked up by other media. Maybe with a bit more in-depth info. And maybe a bit slanted. But its a good pipeline out.
The Epoch Times is run by Falun Gong supporters.
Second source coming out with more details:
http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20050629_3.htm
Look at the pictures closely. Huge crowds in China and not a single fat a$$ among them. I swear rice is the key to good health.
Everybody knows fat people don't riot, its only pi**ed off skinny people who can't control their emotions.
And by the way...there are fat people in China. You never seen a Buddha statue?
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