Thread: china cracks down on dissent

Originally Posted by IgnoranceisBliss

Economic issues spur political movements.

rarely, all the protests we seen in greek, nyc, london are about economic changes. most protest in china is about economic changes rather than about democracy.

Originally Posted by s002wjh

rarely, all the protests we seen in greek, nyc, london are about economic changes. most protest in china is about economic changes rather than about democracy.

The protests in Europe and the U.S. aren't against oppressive governments. The protests in China are of a very different nature.

Originally Posted by IgnoranceisBliss

The protests in Europe and the U.S. aren't against oppressive governments. The protests in China are of a very different nature.

out of thousands protest every year in china, rarely there are protest about oppressive government(probably less than 1%). most protest in china are about inflation, house price, and other economic issues or environmental issues.

The protests in China are mainly about corruption and the abuse of eminent domain.

Originally Posted by Albert Di Salvo

The protests in China are mainly about corruption and the abuse of eminent domain.

Aka...oppressive government.

Originally Posted by dujac

the facts are that human rights are being violated in china

Only China, eh?

How about those in the USA - or is that acceptable to Americans whereas those in China are not?

Originally Posted by Beevee

Only China, eh?

How about those in the USA - or is that acceptable to Americans whereas those in China are not?

i think it's like comparing an apple to an orange, by my estimation, government oppression in china is far worse than in the usa

but any oppression is unacceptable wherever it may be

Originally Posted by IgnoranceisBliss

Aka...oppressive government.

you should dig more research on the protest in china, mostly is about inflation, housing cost, wage increase etc. for example there were thousands truck drivers protest in shanhai few month mainly because the inflation, rasing gas price, and increase of toll booth cost for certain tonnage vehicle.

The government there has begun a crackdown against liberal voices in China.

Two things, 1) what is a liberal voice in China is probably a conservative voice in the U.S., and 2) there's been plenty of crackdown on liberal U.S. voices in the past two weeks right here.

Originally Posted by dujac

i think it's like comparing an apple to an orange, by my estimation, government oppression in china is far worse than in the usa

Actually they are eerily the same, only difference is Americans are not as keen to politics as the Chinese people and therefore we as a nation we Americans can't "see" when oppression is taking place via legislation, whereas in China, Teinemen Square happens when government gets too oppressive.

America = Land of the couch potato