Posted on 06/16/2005 10:39:07 AM PDT by Nachum
Shocking footage of crowd control 'Chinese-style' has been obtained by Sky News.
The film shows dozens of hired thugs running amok in a village just 60 miles from the capital Beijing.
Villagers are shown being beaten with long canes while gunfire can be heard in the background.
Six villagers are reported to have died while 50 were injured.
It is the worst footage of violence to emerge from the secretive country since the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989.
The trouble broke out after the hired hands, some wearing helmuts and khakis, moved in to clear land needed by a nearby power station.
Villagers had built trenches and erected tents to protect their land.
The blurred footage shows hand-to-hand fighting between the assailants and the villagers.
At least one person is seen being shot dead.
Gunfire and explosions can be heard and seen on film
The three-minute footage ends when the state's enforcers realise they are being filmed and chase the cameraman.
Dominic Waghorn, Sky's Asia correspondent, said: "These are the pictures China does its best to stop the rest of the world from seeing.
"But this time they have got out.
"It looks like a medieval battle but this is Chinese protest control in the 21st century."
The battle happened last Saturday in the village of Shengyou.
Villagers are reported to have overrun the local headquarters of the Community Party in protest.
Power station bosses are reported to have been negotiating with villagers to buy their land since 2003.
Local governments can chose to take the land and pay minimal compensation if the buyout is considered to be in the public interest.
Sounds like a perfect spot for that John Deere girl Rachel.
So, is the video available anywhere?
Oops. nevermind... lol
At least they didn't get panties put on their heads. That would have been inhuman!
Local governments can chose to take the land and pay minimal compensation if the buyout is considered to be in the public interest.
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Sounds like United States emminent domain policy. Except here people don't resist.
"It is but a myth that the wheel of reform is grinding unobstructed in China. A year ago, according to Chinese police statistics, some 60,000 public protests have taken place – roughly 160 per day."
"Socio-economic unrest and China’s Hui minority," Ahmad Lutfi, The Jamestown Foundation, China Brief. 3/20/2005"
http://www.asianresearch.org/articles/2545.html
Not to worry, "free traders." Keep that technology, wealth (FDI), and jobs rolling into the hands of your business partners.
If there's one thing the Chi-coms can do it's handle these pesky disturbances. Like they've already offed some sixty million or so troublemakers and still counting.
not everyday, because this news is covered by SINA!!
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2005-06-13/02146151628s.shtml
Not under censor. What it says is that they came by the bus loads, and then they changed clothes into military style clothing and starts to beat up on the villagers.
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