Chinese protest ends at dawn with screams, death

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=5875061&cKey=1118903727000

BEIJING (Reuters) - Armed with pipes and shovels and wearing hard hats, the Chinese toughs shouted "charge" and waded into a throng of squatting farmers fighting to retain their land.

The skirmish lasts a few minutes and leaves at least one man down, an attacker flailing at his limp body with a pole, according to video footage obtained by the Washington Post of the clash in China's northern province of Hebei surrounding the capital, Beijing.

Moments later a bright explosion and what appear to be gunshots mark the start of a second charge. Screams and shouts of "Run!" and the villagers' stand crumbles.

The last shot ends frozen, the camera tilted to one side.

[dArKeR]

1. Charge to the Blue Light Special!

[humus]

2. fighting to keep a footing on the land

"Many of the protests are by villagers angry that their land has been wrested away from them without adequate compensation, signed over by local government officials to businesses for development".

seems as though all revolutions are about the land
these people have been living on this land for thousands of years
that in itself is a tribute to it's validity as an intricate lifestyle which we all can't afford to lose.
To be replaced by a economic trend
which promotes a poor lifestyle for the many,
sweat shops ,pollution,
and poverty
and a decadence for the few
that has not stood up to scrutiny
let alone a test of time
is wrong.


seems as though all revolutions are about land
and these farmers know
when something is wrong it's wrong
are willing to fight for it.



"To forget how to dig the earth
and to tend the soil
is to forget ourselves"

-Mahatma Gandhi

[David__77]

3. Corruption is rampant among party officials.

It is unconscionable for a party official to do such a thing as attack working people in this manner. Hu Jintao claims to be more concerned with the terrible economic polarization between rich and poor taking place. Examples like this are a test. If Beijing is serious, they would immediately make these farmers into national heros for resisting the corrupt local bureaucrats.

[Algorem]

4. Bush would consider this a feel-good story.

[xxqqqzme]

5. I wondered when the heavy fist would

crush these farmers after reading of their 'revolt' on Monday.