China cracks down on rioters!

[lovuian]

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/IC23Ad01.html

ONG KONG - Last week's coverage of rioting in Hunan province was another example of how much has changed in China since it became the world's fastest-growing major economy and a key financial player in the world. It provided another snapshot of the often difficult transition from iron-rice-bowl socialism to the invisible hand of the market. But perhaps the biggest change on display, and the most obvious one, went unnoticed.

Domestic and international media differ about what happened in Zhushan, a rural village near Yongzhou in Hunan province - most



notably whether there was a death among the more than four dozen injured - but the basic outline is pretty clear. It all began on the buses.
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The workers did win because the fares reverted back to the former fare...

Workers getting restless

[BayCityProgressive]

1. The situation in China

is very interesting to me. There is a strong emerging Left Wing movement within the party there and I think we will see a lot of this type of thing from workers AND party members in the future.