Unrest in China met with government violence

By Aussiegirl

Thomas Lifson has an excellent rundown of the recent violence in China and provides some much-needed historical context. This increase in domestic unrest, which is being met with a brutal and deadly government response, is a trend that bears careful watching.

The American Thinker

The bloodily suppressed civil unrest in Dongzhou Village continues to leak slowly into the world media. The South China Morning Post, published not very far away from the village in Kwangtung Province where police opened fire on demonstrating citizens, carries some interesting details on the aftermath: (link by subscription only – excerpt limited to fair use copyright restrictions):

"While police hunted for those involved in Tuesday’s riot in Dongzhou village, Shanwei city , families of some victims hid the bodies of their loved ones, fearing the authorities would take them in a bid to cover up the deaths.

Villagers say dozens of people were killed or injured when police opened fire on protesters."

It is very clear that the government is embarrassed and attempting to cover up the details of the brutal massacre. As I emphasize yesterday, China is consistently bungling tha handling of disasters, in the face of considerable evidence that “the masses” (a little sauce for the gander in applying the favored Marxist term for oprdinary people) are distinctly unhappy with their treatment by the government.