Welles , you are right on about this . I read somewhere earlier this year that this has and is a big worry. I read that the farmers were even demanding better as a group and collectively. Wow .. that's dangerous. You know me, Welles , the add , I can't remember where , but I think it was Asia Times .. anyway . There is too much there right now for me to single out . I have to go out to do some stuff , so for right now I am just giving you this google link from Asia Times and you can hit whatever you want .
China is repressive and they have severe troubles, some that they are actually trying to fix.
I want to add there is a normal evolution that accompanies these problems especially under the glare of the global community. BUT given that Bush has already come out with a breakup plan for China and is known to back insurrection we are going to see in China and elsewhere an over reaction to even the most legitimate of concerns. Different countries have already stated they will not tolerate any demonstrations, etc., in response to U.S. policies.
The assumption being that we are behind much of what is going on. This in no way excuses China but the blame in some instances must be shared with Washington.
-Am
China crisis
Published: 15 Jun 2005 By: Channel 4 News
In China, six villagers have been killed and 50 injured in a dispute over land. Channel 4 News's Asia correspondent Ian Williams reports.
The attack came at dawn, hundreds of men armed with shotguns and clubs, rampaging through tents erected by the protesting farmers.
Although rural unrest has been growing in China, this was one of the deadliest incidents seen in years and one of the first to be captured on video.
It left at least six dead and a hundred wounded. The farmers, who were occupying disputed land, tried to defend themselves but were beaten back by volleys from hunting rifles and flare guns. It happened last weekend, about a hundred miles southwest of Beijing, where farmers had been resisting plans by the local authorities to build a storage facility for a state-owned power plant.
They suspect the assailants were hired by corrupt local officials to drive them off the land, many wore hard hats and military fatigues, lashing out with long pipes fitted with sharp hooks on the end.
The police ignored calls for help from the farmers, one of whom shot this video with a digital camera, handing the tape to a reporter from the Washington Post.
Much of rural China has missed out on the country's economic boom. There is a massive wealth gap between the countryside and the booming coastal regions and the simmering rural discontent is one of the biggest challenges facing the government.
Recent mining accidents have sparked riots and corruption, pollution and land seizures have also provoked anger. The protests are growing in number and intensity. According to Beijing's own figures, there were 58,000 protests involving 3m people in 2003, the last year for which figures are available.
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