As of late there's been two major protests that made it to Western media channels... check out this video from CNN HK/Beijing.
1) Wukan (near Sua:bhuè 汕尾) - Townspeople claim that a protest leader died of torture. Government officials claim he died of a heart attack. I'm not clear on why the original protest happened.
2) Haimen (near Dio:'iō: 潮陽) - Townspeople (30,000!) gathered to protest a current AND a new planned coal powerplant. Apparently the gov't has backed down on this second one. Go Haimen people!
I'm glad that Diosua: people are fighting against corruption and attacks on the local environment. Protest in Teochew is kàngngì 抗議。
Ji gai sengbung hot u iseu.
ReplyDeleteI hate the Chinese censorship of its own news and history. All governments to a certain extent try to mute and blind its own citizens, but China just seems to do it so unapologetically and blatantly. It's so shameful.
That's why I like hearing news about Chinese people standing up to their own government, because they should not be walked over.
I agree... makes me wonder what they teach in classes about gov't/history/civics. In China, and even sometimes here in the US, a lot of people don't feel like the government is on their side, the side of the people.
ReplyDeleteUa hou ua ma toi leu gai blog. Ua ma ot eng iPad, so'i i jijung ain chue longjong gai diojiu hi, diojiu sengbhung, gat diojiu go. I koneng siang leu gai blog. :)
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