Just How Weak is the Chinese Communist Party and the People's Republic of China if They Cannot Tolerate a Handful of Dissenters...
And now, how stupid does the Hong Kong SAR Liaison Office deputy director Li Gang from the PRC sound?
``I have read those news reports relating to the judgment. The Falun Gong group has staged long-term demonstrations at the entrance of the Liaison Office, attacking the central government and state leaders. I believe the general public is quite annoyed by their acts,'' Li said at a function for the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce in Central. ``These protests are disgusting.''
The Court of Final Appeal judgment stated that the protesters, who were arrested while displaying a banner reading ``Jiang Zemin: Stop Killing'' at the main entrance of the Liaison Office in March 2002, were engaged in a peaceful demonstration and were exercising their constitutional right to freedom of speech.
So, these people were protesting and got arrested for what? Annoying people? They were protesting peacefully against the systematic victimization of their members in the PRC and he thinks that the general public is annoyed? So arrest them? Who is he...the Queen of hearts from Alice in Wonderland...."Off with their heads."
I have never seen any evidence of the Falun Gong annoying people. In fact, the general public didn't care at all about the Falun Gong until the short-sighted and evidently demented focus by PRC officials raised this issue to global attention. I figure that Mr. Li is the one that is annoyed and since the Chinese government is full of sycophants and yes-men, these clowns just don't know what to say or do when something does not go their way. He will probably have to go and do a little kow-towing in Beijing for his troubles now.
How weak is the PRC and their leaders if they cannot handle a few meditators in their midst. These PRC "leaders" are an absolute joke and therefore dangerous to everybody else in the world since we will never know what other innocuous thing will set them into panic mode. I just wonder what planet do they come from and why they even open their mouths when such idiotic stuff comes out of it? They really do have to learn that the world no longer revolves around the middle kingdom and that their juvenile actions and rants do not play well in the rest of the world. Watch out for these people they are dangerous in their stupidity.
posted by glenzo @ 5/12/2005 12:55:00 PM
4 Comments:
While not a sign of CCP strength or confidence, there is some basis in Chinese history for their fear. 20th c China has seen numerous massed protests that have led to chaos and political instability. Furthermore, throughout the last century of Qing rule there were many revolts by millenarian sects such as the White Lotus, Eight Trigrams, Taipings and perhaps Boxers. These revolts by heterodox religious groups were quite serious and nearly toppled the dynasty on more than one occasion. The CCP probably sees Falun Gong as another of these politically dangerous sects.
The risk is well documented given the violent history. But I argue that their handling of the situation has actually created a greater risk for instability not less. They cannot sweep these problems under the rug anymore given transparency offered in a global media and internet...they can only delay the day when they have to deal with these problems from a modern perspective and maybe costing a huge toll in lives. If the CCP was truly a dynamic organisation, then there can be accomodation and give and take that strengthens the nations not fracture it.
The Falun Gong are the PRC's Ghost Dancers. It's just harder in today's connected world to keep getting away with Wounded Knees, especially while the PRC is trying to sell it's "reform" image.
One really demonstrates how weak and low they are by trampling on peaceful people such as the Falun Gong and any other religious groups for that matter. According to sources this persecution (of FG) targets older women and children with 70% being females in the labour camps. It is well known that Falun Gong has become the official scapegoat of the party. As this wasn't enough Human Rights lawyers defending the Falun Gong, Christians, etc. are also currently persecuted. To attract investors, the CCP even go as far as pretending to redress their human rights record just to gain acceptance from the western world. Just another tactic! Their big vision of world domination is on the verge of collapse along with the Party. The good news is that the Nine Commentaries on the CCP put out by the Epoch Times/Dajiyuan has triggered about 6 million people to quit the Party. This is the beginning of the end for a parth that has killed over 80 million people during the last 55 years of ruling. This is more than the two World Wars combined. Time to say Adios CCP and to welcome the new China. It's worth checking the commentaries www.ninecommentaries.com
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