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Inside the Ring: Beijing coup rumors. War in the city?
Washingtion times ^
| 3-22-2012
| edcoil
Posted on 03/22/2012 9:34:01 AM PDT by edcoil
U.S. intelligence agencies monitoring China’s Internet say that from March 14 to Wednesday bloggers circulated alarming reports of tanks entering Beijing and shots being fired in the city as part of what is said to have been a high-level political battle among party leaders - and even a possible military coup.
The Internet discussions included photos posted online of tanks and other military vehicles moving around Beijing.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: beijingcoup; china; chinacoup; communism; coup
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First I have heard of this.
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posted on
03/22/2012 9:34:06 AM PDT
by
edcoil
To: edcoil
At some point the military has to act out of self-preservation, I suppose...
2
posted on
03/22/2012 9:37:40 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 1157 of America's ObamaVacation from reality [Heroes aren't made, Frank, they're cornered...])
To: edcoil
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posted on
03/22/2012 9:38:06 AM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
To: MrB
Two halflings joined together?
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posted on
03/22/2012 9:39:14 AM PDT
by
Ingtar
To: edcoil
My, My, My Communism breads insurrection and instability, not even god like China is immune to the laws of human nature.
Here's to hoping the Communists in China get what they deserve and the Chinese people get a better future.
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posted on
03/22/2012 9:39:42 AM PDT
by
KC_Lion
(I will NEVER vote for Romney, the GOP will go the way of the Whigs if they nominate him)
To: edcoil
Hard to keep quiet a story about tanks running around in Beijing.
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posted on
03/22/2012 9:40:24 AM PDT
by
AU72
To: edcoil
I haven’t heard anything about this, but I think about a week ago, word came out that a senior Party leader, who was in line to become President, had been unexpectedly purged. The reports I heard made it seem quiet and business-like.
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posted on
03/22/2012 9:40:52 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
("And the public gets what the public wants" -- The Jam)
To: MrB
The back half of a ding-a-ling?
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posted on
03/22/2012 9:41:03 AM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: edcoil
It’s bad news when you run a police state and the police decide to turn on you
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posted on
03/22/2012 9:41:03 AM PDT
by
yank in the UK
( A liberal mocking Christianity. I asked "why don't you mock Islam?" he replied "Muslims are violent)
To: edcoil
It’s bad news when you run a police state and the police decide to turn on you
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posted on
03/22/2012 9:41:16 AM PDT
by
yank in the UK
( A liberal mocking Christianity. I asked "why don't you mock Islam?" he replied "Muslims are violent)
To: ClearCase_guy
Mousy Tongue’s philosophy still holds sway there.
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posted on
03/22/2012 9:43:02 AM PDT
by
going hot
(Happiness is a momma deuce)
To: edcoil
At first, they thought the Tiananmen Square business was a civil war between Chinese Army units.
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posted on
03/22/2012 9:44:56 AM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: edcoil
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posted on
03/22/2012 9:45:01 AM PDT
by
Uncle Ike
(Rope is cheap, and there are lots of trees...)
To: edcoil
More communism or less communism?
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posted on
03/22/2012 9:49:43 AM PDT
by
BitWielder1
(Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
To: edcoil
Looks like someone’s screwing with someones ricebowl.
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posted on
03/22/2012 9:55:46 AM PDT
by
Mashood
To: edcoil
Quick President Obama, apologize!
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posted on
03/22/2012 10:04:59 AM PDT
by
Leaning Right
(Why am I carrying this lantern? you ask. I am looking for the next Reagan.)
To: null and void
At some point the military has to act out of self-preservation, I suppose...
This is true in ALL countries!
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posted on
03/22/2012 10:05:08 AM PDT
by
Don Corleone
("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
To: Uncle Ike
BBC is playing it down as "just a rumor".
UK Daily Mail thinks it might be true.
Watch for the markets to get agitated. Unrest in China means a lot of US companies might not get their Chinese-made parts or products.
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posted on
03/22/2012 10:06:45 AM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
(In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. - George Orwell)
To: Don Corleone
Doesn’t seem to be so here...
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posted on
03/22/2012 10:07:19 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 1157 of America's ObamaVacation from reality [Heroes aren't made, Frank, they're cornered...])
To: PapaBear3625
With so many foreign nationals in Beijing it would be quite difficult to keep a lid on this, this isn’t Pyongyang.
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posted on
03/22/2012 10:09:17 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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