Posted on 07/29/2008 6:01:48 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Stranded air passengers 'clash with police in China'
2 hours, 8 minutes ago
Angry passengers scuffled with police in an airport in southwest China on Tuesday, smashing computers and desks after they were stranded overnight, allegedly without food or lodging, state media said.
More than 170 passengers were holed up at an airport in Kunming, capital of Yunnan province, after three China Southern Airlines flights were delayed late Monday due to bad weather, the Xinhua news agency reported.
Some passengers were told to go to a hotel by themselves but ended up being rejected once they arrived, it said.
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Ping!
I thought communism supplied everybody’s needs.
need for occasional rage and stress relief. Important for mental health.:-)
The serfs don’t want to be treated like serfs, anymore.
This wouldn’t happen if Obama was in charge.
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oh yeah /sarc
It doesn’t say whether these were domestic passengers or foriiegn travelers..Since they didn’t say, I am supposing they were domestic passengers..and I must say, I am surprised that they’d feel safe to be so demonstrative....but then, I’d be surprised if they had been international travelers, making such a ruckus in China, of all places.
You’re absolutely right. While China remains authoritarian, it is a far cry from Communist. My cousin said that in some ways China is much more capitalistic than the US. However, it’s a capitalism without constraints; unfortunately, a lot of folks are getting taken to the cleaners. If this continues, some of the citizens may want a return to “the good old days” like those in Russia pining away for Stalin.
Riots have been taking place with some regularity in the hinterlands. Most issues involve poor service, taxation, inefficiency, and corruption. Gee, sound familiar?
Actually, there is a lot of truth in what you say.
While this protest seems a bit over the top, protests over economic issues are not all that out of the ordinary. Now if this was a political protest, police reaction would be swift and furious.
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