Chinese Riot over Teenager's Death..Coruption Stinks Wherever It Is

[Stuart G]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7479810.stm


Chinese riots over girl's death-from the BBC


Angry crowds have attacked government buildings in south-west China in protest at the death of a teenage girl.

Reports said several thousand people took part in the riots, setting fire to police stations and cars in Wengan county in the province of Guizhou.

Local residents were angered after a police inquiry concluded that the girl, found dead in a river earlier in June, had committed suicide.

Her family accused the son of a local official of raping and killing her.


An interesting read about cover-ups and corruption..It happens everywhere..(Be sure to read the part about the girl's uncle)

[NewJeffCT]

1. Chinese coverups & corruption

would put most of our politicians to shame... they've been doing it for thousands of years there.

[tuckessee]

2. At least the Chinese have enough guts to take action.

Americans would just tremble in fear and go back to watching their widescreen TV's.

[Stuart G]

3. Wide Screen TV's...New Opium of the Masses...

Just stare into the widescreen...you are getting sleepy...Do as I Say..........




Some Chinese took action. What do you think will happen to them?

[tuckessee]

4. That's really good question.

Riots like this are not uncommon in China.

Seems like we in the West hear about a couple of these a year. I remember several riots occurring over people being forcibly removed from the lands for dam projects, etc

But I've never heard any follow up. What are the repercussions of actions such as that?

Do the authorities investigate and punish people in the aftermath or do they just put it behind them and hope it doesn't happen again?

It would be really interesting to know.

[Occam Bandage]

5. Nothing, probably. There are tens of thousands of riots/major protests every year in China.

Few escape the Xinhua wall and make it to the world news. China has, throughout the majority of its long and glorious history, generally been either in a civil war, or on the brink of one.

On edit: The Ministry of Public Security says last year there were more than 58,000 "mass incidents" - the term they use to describe public protests - involving three million people: that is an increase of almost 15% over the year before.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3786541.stm