Gansu province, eh. I have heard rumblings about that province for some time. Things are about to get...interesting.
YIKES!
So, what’s Really, Really, behind it?
Something does not quite compute for me based on what I can gather from this limited explanation. Gotta be something more than just worries about earthquakes by the officials and people wanting to stay in their homes and on their farms.
“I have heard rumblings about that province for some time.”
This is about as far from the leadership in Beijing as it gets. Northwest China along the Mongolian border.
And, this area was hit by a major 8.6 earthquake in May.
This, and other articles don’t go much in to the causes for this, but there have been MANY protests that have been violently put down here here recently, from Taxi drivers complaining about fuel price increases to the Tibetan riots in March.
From WIKI:
“Demonstrators marched through the streets of Xiahe, a predominantly Tibetan county in Gansu which surrounds the Labrang Monastery, a region referred to by its traditional name, Amdo Golog, by Tibetans.[23] Up to 5,000 demonstrators were reportedly involved in the Gansu riots.
There were reports of government offices being damaged by the rioters, and police using tear gas and force to break up the demonstrations.[22] The Tibetan government-in-exile claims that 19 Tibetan rioters were shot dead on March 18, little known about the Chinese or Hui deaths.[24] China’s Xinhua News Agency reported the cost of damage in Gansu at an estimated ¥230 million (US$32.7 million”
China is desperate to keep this this and the Muslem rioting/violence in Western China out of the Western Papers, it seems.
I hear the destruction of the Red Emperors.
As for cracking down, the Chinese are a population of up to a billion and I don’t blame leadership for getting panicky over instability.
I hope not.
China’s fascist government may look to distract a restive populace with a foreign adventure.
God help us with Obama in the saddle and the big red machine deciding to take a run at Taiwan.