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  • China: Putting Lipstick on the Pig (Tiananmen II)

    12/12/2005 10:15:04 AM PST · by forty_years · 1 replies · 316+ views
    War to Mobilize Democracy ^ | December 12, 2005 | Andrew Jaffee
    China's communist leadership is trying to paint a smiley face over its most recent brutal suppression of dissent. Five days ago, protestors were gunned downed by police in a village not far from Hong Kong. The authorities blame a "few instigators" for the violence, but this event is indicative of growing socio-economic shifts in mainland China; namely the disparity between those profiting from communist experimentation with capitalism, and those left on the sidelines. China's government is trying to put lipstick on the pig. From MSNBC.com: The government said three people died in Tuesday’s violence in this coastal village northeast of...