Posted on 10/09/2018 10:25:47 PM PDT by Zhang Fei
Authorities in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong have sealed off a city after thousands of People's Liberation Army (PLA) veterans converged there over a weekend of protests and clashes over police beatings of their former comrades-in-arms, local activists and residents told RFA on Monday.
Video footage of the protests showed police in full riot gear backing off in the face of elderly men in camouflage gear wielding wooden sticks during the protests in Shandong's Pingdu city on Sunday.
Police were also seen walking alongside a long line of marchers carrying banners from different parts of China and the hammer and sickle of the ruling Chinese Communist Party.
Police beat up a number of protesters, sources told RFA, providing footage of several elderly veterans lying on gurneys at a hospital in Pingdu, one with a broken arm, according to the veteran who filmed it.
In the video, a man is heard telling healthcare staff that he has no money to pay for treatment, and that the government should pay, because they were beaten by police.
A Chinese journalist at the scene told RFA that clashes between veterans and police had started on Saturday and continued into the early hours of Sunday morning until police were ordered to withdraw for fear of sparking mass riots.
"They were all still there at two, three in the morning," the journalist, who gave only his surname Lin, told RFA. "Finally, the police withdrew--there was a report online that said an order had come through from police headquarters not to use violence."
"Instead they surrounded the protesters and cordoned them off ... By [Sunday] morning they were arriving from all over China," Lin said. "They are still coming now. I'm not sure exactly how many there are, but their numbers are probably in the thousands."
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I assume police chiefs are vetted and it is made certain that they are sympathetic to the govt.
That must get kind of difficult having to vet all the way down the trough.
And in a government system where integrity suffers, who knows who’s telling the truth? I don’t understand how communism gets along with Confucianism, let alone Christianity.
[I assume police chiefs are vetted and it is made certain that they are sympathetic to the govt.
That must get kind of difficult having to vet all the way down the trough.]
In times of trouble, when the ruling family’s fate hung in the balance, it wasn’t uncommon for sub-provincial local officials to decapitate the provincial governors sent from the capital and raise the flag of insurrection. They might be servile in appearance, but many are really just biding their time.
A revolution please.
A revived Confucianism - Christianity axis might be able to power such a thing. Their ethics of social love are similar to a point, and when a state becomes stinky enough, a revolution can ensue. I chuckle at those old guys, with nothing to lose, beating back the cruel riot cops!
>> “Finally, the police withdrew—there was a report online that said an order had come through from police headquarters not to use violence.”
The Chinese are pretty good about contemplating situations. Too bad they (generally speaking) tend to disregard Faith.
Lets hope!
Can this unrest be related to Trump turning the economic screws as he did with Iran? I HOPE SO WITH MORE TO COME.
Without a generous subsidy, communism eventually falls flat.
[>> “Finally, the police withdrew—there was a report online that said an order had come through from police headquarters not to use violence.”
The Chinese are pretty good about contemplating situations. Too bad they (generally speaking) tend to disregard Faith.]
Police beat up a number of protesters, sources told RFA, providing footage of several elderly veterans lying on gurneys at a hospital in Pingdu, one with a broken arm, according to the veteran who filmed it. In the video, a man is heard telling healthcare staff that he has no money to pay for treatment, and that the government should pay, because they were beaten by police.
Wow, wth. Thanks Zhang Fei.
Interesting consequences especially with the looming trade war.
Reds versus Reds. Let them kill each other, esp. the veterans of the Korean War and Vietnam. Revenge is sweet when it is delivered by our enemies on their own.
Please the egg rolls, please!
[Reds versus Reds. Let them kill each other, esp. the veterans of the Korean War and Vietnam. Revenge is sweet when it is delivered by our enemies on their own.
Please the egg rolls, please!]
As soon as the WuJing get there, it’s over. (CCCP Secret Police, armed). Yeah, the same units that put down all those protesters in 1989.
[As soon as the WuJing get there, it’s over. (CCCP Secret Police, armed). Yeah, the same units that put down all those protesters in 1989.]
The People’s Armed Police are basically the equivalent of Soviet Interior Ministry MVD units. They are a combo of coup insurance (in case an army honcho gets ideas and somehow manages to corral enough support from other army chiefs to make a bid for power) and riot control.
China is revamping its military and getting rid of many military men in exchange for a fully professional force. This has put many out of work and angry.
Hmm... they mainly employed specially chosen units of illiterate thugs who were dependent and savage, upon advice of Soviets, because they thought the Police and National Guard units were not tough enough on the students. The result is these units of illiterates started shooting at the students, police and guard units.
Soon as it gets to the point of making Panda-Face (Xi) loss face, he’ll bring in the mountain troops as one of his predecessors did and repeat Tiananmen square ...
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