Ok, so I am studying abroad in China right now and they are communists as you should know and have blocked any news we can get about the problems going on in western China. Could someone please post some information here, this is actually really important. Thanks a lot newschoolers.
Help me! Im uninformed and in China
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Three days after ethnic clashes left 156 dead in the city of Urumqi, the Chinese government is still struggling to bring calm and order to the Xinjiang capital. On July 8, Communist Party leader Li Zhi announced that the government would seek the death penalty for anyone found responsible for the killings as President Hu Jintao
flew home from Italy, cutting short his visit to the G-8 summit. While
the city hasn't seen a return to fighting on the scale it witnessed on
July 5, scattered outbursts are stoking fears that violence could erupt
again, and tensions on all sides of the conflict are still high.
Masses of security forces paraded through the streets of Urumqi on the
morning of July 8. Some 40 trucks filled with rifle-toting People's Armed Police crept through the largely Uighur area near the Grand Bazaar, in the south of the city, as a military helicopter
made sweeps overhead. Dozens of Uighurs eating breakfast at street
stalls walked out to watch the procession. "There are so many," said
one young man, shaking his head in disbelief. (See pictures of China's race riots.)
That was the signal the Chinese government meant to send. It was in
this district that rioting by hundreds of Uighurs, a Turkic minority
group that comprise about 15% of the city's population, exploded after
police blocked a protest prompted by the deaths of two Uighurs at a
factory in the coastal Guangdong province in late June. The fighting,
which targeted the city's majority Han Chinese, left 156 people dead, officials say, and more than 1,000 injured.
On July 7, thousands of club-wielding Han Chinese mobilized on the streets, clearly intent on revenge. Military police blocked them from moving south into Uighur neighborhoods, at times firing tear gas. Xinjiang
People's Hospital in the city center took in at least a dozen Uighurs
who were beaten. One patient, 22-year-old Abdul, says he was attacked
by a crowd of about 100 Han men. He suffered a head injury and a broken arm. (See TIME's China covers.)
There was fear that the violence might spread overnight. The government
enforced a curfew, and in the morning Uighur districts appeared largely
undisturbed. On July 8 small groups gathered in both Uighur and Han
areas, but few people were carrying clubs and knives. There were
reports of scattered attacks, but no large-scale violence. Dozens of
trucks and hundreds of troops lined Renmin Road, a major east-west
corridor that roughly separates the Uighur and Han districts.
State-run media and sound trucks were rebroadcasting a speech by Xinjiang's Communist Party Secretary, Wang Lequan,
encouraging residents to focus their anger on "outside forces" rather
than on Uighurs. "Comrades, this sort of action is totally
unnecessary," he said of the Han street mobs. "Our government forces
are enough to defeat the evildoers."
The government has blamed the unrest on Rebiya Kadeer, a Uighur activist who lives in the U.S. She has denied any connection to the violence, and says it was the Chinese government's crackdown on the peaceful demonstration by Uighurs that led to the riot.
Since Hu's return from Italy, the country's top officials are now focused on the Xinjiang unrest. Minister of Public Security Meng Jianzhu addressed more than 100 police officers
clad in all-black riot gear on a street near the People's Square in
Urumqi, telling them that they were responsible for the people's
safety. Security forces have come from as far away as central Shanxi and eastern Anhui provinces, and the influx of troops has brought the city largely under control. (See TIME's coverage of the G-8 summit.)
But healing the wounds of the past week will be much tougher. Li
Qingcheng, a 43-year-old Han bus driver, suffered injuries to his head,
back and hands when a mob of Uighur men attacked his bus during the
riot on July 5. He said the men smashed the bus windows and then went
after passengers. "This society has gone crazy," he said from his bed
at Xinjiang People's Hospital. "This was a good society, and then they did something like this."
Three days after ethnic clashes left 156 dead in the city of Urumqi, the Chinese government is still struggling to bring calm and order to the Xinjiang capital. On July 8, Communist Party leader Li Zhi announced that the government would seek the death penalty for anyone found responsible for the killings as President Hu Jintao
flew home from Italy, cutting short his visit to the G-8 summit. While
the city hasn't seen a return to fighting on the scale it witnessed on
July 5, scattered outbursts are stoking fears that violence could erupt
again, and tensions on all sides of the conflict are still high.
Masses of security forces paraded through the streets of Urumqi on the
morning of July 8. Some 40 trucks filled with rifle-toting People's Armed Police crept through the largely Uighur area near the Grand Bazaar, in the south of the city, as a military helicopter
made sweeps overhead. Dozens of Uighurs eating breakfast at street
stalls walked out to watch the procession. "There are so many," said
one young man, shaking his head in disbelief. (See pictures of China's race riots.)
That was the signal the Chinese government meant to send. It was in
this district that rioting by hundreds of Uighurs, a Turkic minority
group that comprise about 15% of the city's population, exploded after
police blocked a protest prompted by the deaths of two Uighurs at a
factory in the coastal Guangdong province in late June. The fighting,
which targeted the city's majority Han Chinese, left 156 people dead, officials say, and more than 1,000 injured.
On July 7, thousands of club-wielding Han Chinese mobilized on the streets, clearly intent on revenge. Military police blocked them from moving south into Uighur neighborhoods, at times firing tear gas. Xinjiang
People's Hospital in the city center took in at least a dozen Uighurs
who were beaten. One patient, 22-year-old Abdul, says he was attacked
by a crowd of about 100 Han men. He suffered a head injury and a broken arm. (See TIME's China covers.)
There was fear that the violence might spread overnight. The government
enforced a curfew, and in the morning Uighur districts appeared largely
undisturbed. On July 8 small groups gathered in both Uighur and Han
areas, but few people were carrying clubs and knives. There were
reports of scattered attacks, but no large-scale violence. Dozens of
trucks and hundreds of troops lined Renmin Road, a major east-west
corridor that roughly separates the Uighur and Han districts.
State-run media and sound trucks were rebroadcasting a speech by Xinjiang's Communist Party Secretary, Wang Lequan,
encouraging residents to focus their anger on "outside forces" rather
than on Uighurs. "Comrades, this sort of action is totally
unnecessary," he said of the Han street mobs. "Our government forces
are enough to defeat the evildoers."
The government has blamed the unrest on Rebiya Kadeer, a Uighur activist who lives in the U.S. She has denied any connection to the violence, and says it was the Chinese government's crackdown on the peaceful demonstration by Uighurs that led to the riot.
Since Hu's return from Italy, the country's top officials are now focused on the Xinjiang unrest. Minister of Public Security Meng Jianzhu addressed more than 100 police officers
clad in all-black riot gear on a street near the People's Square in
Urumqi, telling them that they were responsible for the people's
safety. Security forces have come from as far away as central Shanxi and eastern Anhui provinces, and the influx of troops has brought the city largely under control. (See TIME's coverage of the G-8 summit.)
But healing the wounds of the past week will be much tougher. Li
Qingcheng, a 43-year-old Han bus driver, suffered injuries to his head,
back and hands when a mob of Uighur men attacked his bus during the
riot on July 5. He said the men smashed the bus windows and then went
after passengers. "This society has gone crazy," he said from his bed
at Xinjiang People's Hospital. "This was a good society, and then they did something like this."
China's western region of Xinjiang (shin-jahng) is the scene of more
unrest today. Hundreds of Han Chinese armed with clubs have been
marching through the capital, knocking over food stalls run by Muslims.
Police are trying to stop them as they march toward the site where
demonstrations Sunday by minority Uighurs (WEE-gurs) turned into riots
that left 156 dead.
And
About 100 Uighur women, many with young babies, have spontaneously confronted hundreds of riot police in the heart of Urumqi.
Waving
their fists in the air, they demanded the release of sons and husbands
who, they say, were taken away by police to unknown destinations.
The
women were soon joined by hundreds of local Uighurs who emerged from
residential side streets, and together they approached - and in some
cases manhandled - riot and armed police.
At one
stage riot police used batons to beat back the crowd, including women
with children. One woman was carried unconscious from the scene with
onlookers trying to revive her and others trying to carry her back into
the front line of protesters.
Later the angry,
shouting crowd was stopped by a small group of Uighur men from massing
and advancing towards riot police while senior officers restrained
visibly angry police from rushing the crowd.
Calm after China riots
Chinese security forces are back in control of the country's western region after outbreaks of ethnic violence left scores dead.
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At one stage the
protesting groups were sandwiched between a line of riot police in
camouflage uniforms brandishing wooden batons and riot police
brandishing guns.
In a situation in which facts are impossible to verify, one Uighur source has said hundreds were killed on Sunday night.
A
Han Chinese owner of a car yard near the scene of Sunday's rioting, who
gave her name as Miss Tan, said she had heard no gunfire but her shop
had been gutted by fire and her staff chased and beaten by Uighur
rioters.
The Age did not see any bullet holes in the area.
An
angry crowd assembled in the city about 11am China time yesterday, and
at 11.30am police led most of the male protesters down a side street.
By 11.45am it appeared the situation had been brought under control.
Busloads
of foreign journalists brought to witness the carnage from Sunday's
riots were then ushered into their buses and back to their hotel.
When The Age
left the scene a group of about 70 women, many with babies, had been
persuaded to end their sit-in as riot police with helmets and tear gas
approached but did not open fire.
unrest today. Hundreds of Han Chinese armed with clubs have been
marching through the capital, knocking over food stalls run by Muslims.
Police are trying to stop them as they march toward the site where
demonstrations Sunday by minority Uighurs (WEE-gurs) turned into riots
that left 156 dead.
And
About 100 Uighur women, many with young babies, have spontaneously confronted hundreds of riot police in the heart of Urumqi.
Waving
their fists in the air, they demanded the release of sons and husbands
who, they say, were taken away by police to unknown destinations.
The
women were soon joined by hundreds of local Uighurs who emerged from
residential side streets, and together they approached - and in some
cases manhandled - riot and armed police.
At one
stage riot police used batons to beat back the crowd, including women
with children. One woman was carried unconscious from the scene with
onlookers trying to revive her and others trying to carry her back into
the front line of protesters.
Later the angry,
shouting crowd was stopped by a small group of Uighur men from massing
and advancing towards riot police while senior officers restrained
visibly angry police from rushing the crowd.
Calm after China riots
Chinese security forces are back in control of the country's western region after outbreaks of ethnic violence left scores dead.
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At one stage the
protesting groups were sandwiched between a line of riot police in
camouflage uniforms brandishing wooden batons and riot police
brandishing guns.
In a situation in which facts are impossible to verify, one Uighur source has said hundreds were killed on Sunday night.
A
Han Chinese owner of a car yard near the scene of Sunday's rioting, who
gave her name as Miss Tan, said she had heard no gunfire but her shop
had been gutted by fire and her staff chased and beaten by Uighur
rioters.
The Age did not see any bullet holes in the area.
An
angry crowd assembled in the city about 11am China time yesterday, and
at 11.30am police led most of the male protesters down a side street.
By 11.45am it appeared the situation had been brought under control.
Busloads
of foreign journalists brought to witness the carnage from Sunday's
riots were then ushered into their buses and back to their hotel.
When The Age
left the scene a group of about 70 women, many with babies, had been
persuaded to end their sit-in as riot police with helmets and tear gas
approached but did not open fire.
dave44
Active member
Like, the Chinese blame the Uighurs for his death, but the Uighurs aren't taking shit from the Chinese so they say no but the Chinese say yes and the Uighurs say fuck you and the Chinese say no fuck you right back and get out bats and knives and shit and avenge MJs death like totalllyyyy
comeatmebro
Active member
how are you getting on NS if you're in china?
PhilboydStudge
Active member
maybe he is asian and his name is allen?
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Locally famed resident Xing Toa recently went to the eye doctor to get a prognosis on his inability to see clearly after recently effecting his ability to produce artwork effectively. His oncologist, Dr. Moa Ngan, told Xing he has a cataract. Xing's responded: "No, I drive a rincoln continental, now what's wrong with my eyes?"
Locally famed resident Xing Toa recently went to the eye doctor to get a prognosis on his inability to see clearly after recently effecting his ability to produce artwork effectively. His oncologist, Dr. Moa Ngan, told Xing he has a cataract. Xing's responded: "No, I drive a rincoln continental, now what's wrong with my eyes?"
skier_boy26
Active member
shit, that's gooood. Took me aback because I wasn't quite sure what I had just read.
coolhandluke
Active member
in about ten minutes you won't be lol-ing.
just wait for that knock on the door.
just wait for that knock on the door.
weenox
Active member
actually, since you're from wisconsin, i'm going to assume you're either at beida (pku) in beijing doing the ciee program or your in tianjin. in which case, come to fucking beijing - i actually know some dudes that go to madison and come to beijing almost every weekend, it's like a 30 minute bullet train ride.
damn dude, small world.
damn dude, small world.
*LiNeLover*
Active member
sounds like an awesome country when the construction construction guys that are building the schools are selling off the re-bar that is needed to keep the buildings strong... so when all the earth quakes hit Cheng Du last year, the majority of the schools collapsed killing tons of little kids, ha not so great...
EastCoastPride
Active member
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weenox
Active member
i'm sure you've been here and are speaking from experience, so i'll leave you to your own opinion i guess....
think of it this way - china is the same size as america, but has over a BILLION more people. yet there is next to no crime here, the economy is booming, the opportunity is absolutely endless, the food is delicious, the women are stunning, the nightlife is absolutely UNREAL, and the people are without a doubt the nicest human beings i've ever met. the 6 months i've been here have been without a doubt the best experience of my life, i've made more friends/business connections from around the world than most of you will make over the next 20 years, and i fully intend to come back here the week after i graduate next year.
so say what you will, china doesn't have the greatest track record - the early 3/4's of this century were a mess, i'll admit - but you should probably have a little bit more respect for a country that has a 6000 year old history. i would imagine that the chinese people perhaps have a little bit more figured out about life than we do, and you might actually come to appreciate humanity a little bit more if you got off the computer for 10 minutes and decided to experience a little bit of culture. americans (myself included) need to get over themselves.
think of it this way - china is the same size as america, but has over a BILLION more people. yet there is next to no crime here, the economy is booming, the opportunity is absolutely endless, the food is delicious, the women are stunning, the nightlife is absolutely UNREAL, and the people are without a doubt the nicest human beings i've ever met. the 6 months i've been here have been without a doubt the best experience of my life, i've made more friends/business connections from around the world than most of you will make over the next 20 years, and i fully intend to come back here the week after i graduate next year.
so say what you will, china doesn't have the greatest track record - the early 3/4's of this century were a mess, i'll admit - but you should probably have a little bit more respect for a country that has a 6000 year old history. i would imagine that the chinese people perhaps have a little bit more figured out about life than we do, and you might actually come to appreciate humanity a little bit more if you got off the computer for 10 minutes and decided to experience a little bit of culture. americans (myself included) need to get over themselves.
bobross
Member
I studied abroad in Shanghai Fall semester and it was the best time of my life...I am glad you are experiencing it first hand rather than what the western media shoves down peoples throats. China is an awesome place and it is so much better for westerners. Coming from America you are so much more free in China than the US
.Asain-Skiier
Active member
Well seeing as North Korea is next to them they can't be that bad
youre kidding right? im 100% chinese. ive been to every city there is in china. ive stayed over for summers at a time, if not, then at least 3 weeks at a time. im assuming that youre a white person living in china at the moment. youre exotic to MY people, hence why they treat you so nice. they rarely get to meet white people, so of course youll be greeted well. if youve ever even tasted the slightest taste there is to taste of chinese people you would know they are the nastiest unfriendliest people on the face of the earth. you step on someone's foot over there, they scream at you. literally. i did it a few years ago, some douchefuck screamed his brains out at me. he said in chinese, "you cant see where youre going? watch where youre going! then a bunch of inaudible mumbles"
im assuming that you dont know mandarin quite as well as i do, cause, well, im fluent in it. i overhear people bickering and arguing all the time. you think massachusetts has unfriendly drivers? have you seen traffic in china? its absolutely horrific, an absolute nightmare, an abomination to the automotive industry
connections you say? my dad is the ceo of the eastern hemisphere for one of the largest wallpaper companies in the world. he has about 200 people working for him in china and connections to many factories and other businesses. if i wanted to, i could make absolute bank and run ec headwear out of business, cause i could get factory items for insanely cheap. im sorry that was cocky. i could never run ec headwear out of business, its too awesome. i love ec headwear. the point is, is that though im just a senior in high school, going to be anyway, i have future connections already set up for me
yeah, china was a wreck up till the 1990s. during the time of the roman empire, they were split up into provinces. if they werent so busy fighting with their own super egos and selfish selves, their army would be 6 times the size of the roman army. chinamen could have taken over the world in an instant. but no, chinese people are too cocky and stuck up. like that guy that set a mission to explore the world, then said nah fuck it were the best we dont need to explore. then the country was a shithole until 1990s. it still is a shithole for the majority of the place. i have many relatives, ive seen both sides
one of my uncles is a major film director; hes a celebrity, owns 4 high end restaurants, a smokin wife, and a 4 story house. good luck finding a house in china for cheap. if you end up staying, youll be stuck in an apartment forever. the neighborhood is guarded with a giant metal gate. where in america do you have to have clearance just to get into a neighborhood
ive seen the poor side too. one of my relatives lives in a cement apartment building. everyone on the same floor shares a kitchen. its pretty miserable
their economy completely controlled by that of the US. the vast vast majority is manufacturing goods for the USA. if the usa's economy fails, they fail. they depend on the us, and therefore will never go to war with the us
do not tell me the women are stunning. i have more hot friends in my town of 200 kids in my grade than there are in all of china. hey, we cant all have the same tastes though right?
again, youre probably experiencing all of this as a white person living a china, not having to make a living or anything, not having to find a shitshack to live in. im assuming that youve been in the same city the entire time, and you havent seen much of the rest of china. shanghai is very nice, dont get me wrong, but remember, most of the infrastructure over there is paid for with government money. the construction has no real benefit besides the finished product. here in the us, we get the product, and stocks go up, and people get rich, and private companies can pay their employees, and everyones happy, it just takes longer
wait till you live there for real, and have to pay taxes. like those signs on the highway signs that tell you where the traffic jams are? all taxpayers money
and dont even get me started on asians here in america. im glad i try as hard as i can not to be the stereotype
im assuming that you dont know mandarin quite as well as i do, cause, well, im fluent in it. i overhear people bickering and arguing all the time. you think massachusetts has unfriendly drivers? have you seen traffic in china? its absolutely horrific, an absolute nightmare, an abomination to the automotive industry
connections you say? my dad is the ceo of the eastern hemisphere for one of the largest wallpaper companies in the world. he has about 200 people working for him in china and connections to many factories and other businesses. if i wanted to, i could make absolute bank and run ec headwear out of business, cause i could get factory items for insanely cheap. im sorry that was cocky. i could never run ec headwear out of business, its too awesome. i love ec headwear. the point is, is that though im just a senior in high school, going to be anyway, i have future connections already set up for me
yeah, china was a wreck up till the 1990s. during the time of the roman empire, they were split up into provinces. if they werent so busy fighting with their own super egos and selfish selves, their army would be 6 times the size of the roman army. chinamen could have taken over the world in an instant. but no, chinese people are too cocky and stuck up. like that guy that set a mission to explore the world, then said nah fuck it were the best we dont need to explore. then the country was a shithole until 1990s. it still is a shithole for the majority of the place. i have many relatives, ive seen both sides
one of my uncles is a major film director; hes a celebrity, owns 4 high end restaurants, a smokin wife, and a 4 story house. good luck finding a house in china for cheap. if you end up staying, youll be stuck in an apartment forever. the neighborhood is guarded with a giant metal gate. where in america do you have to have clearance just to get into a neighborhood
ive seen the poor side too. one of my relatives lives in a cement apartment building. everyone on the same floor shares a kitchen. its pretty miserable
their economy completely controlled by that of the US. the vast vast majority is manufacturing goods for the USA. if the usa's economy fails, they fail. they depend on the us, and therefore will never go to war with the us
do not tell me the women are stunning. i have more hot friends in my town of 200 kids in my grade than there are in all of china. hey, we cant all have the same tastes though right?
again, youre probably experiencing all of this as a white person living a china, not having to make a living or anything, not having to find a shitshack to live in. im assuming that youve been in the same city the entire time, and you havent seen much of the rest of china. shanghai is very nice, dont get me wrong, but remember, most of the infrastructure over there is paid for with government money. the construction has no real benefit besides the finished product. here in the us, we get the product, and stocks go up, and people get rich, and private companies can pay their employees, and everyones happy, it just takes longer
wait till you live there for real, and have to pay taxes. like those signs on the highway signs that tell you where the traffic jams are? all taxpayers money
and dont even get me started on asians here in america. im glad i try as hard as i can not to be the stereotype
*LiNeLover*
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ok you dont need to be such a jerk, and actually i spent a couple months in china and had a blast! that doesnt mean its a good country though, im pretty sure you would rage if that happened to your kids!
I am OP, I am living in Tianjin right now. In no way is that a "nice" place. There is poverty everywhere and more people than you would no what to do with. But, the difference is they take the little things that Americans pass by and have fun with them. Seriously when in america do you see a group of adult men sitting on the sidewalk playing cards and enjoying themselves. You bring up them being to lazy to be anywhere... the fact is they just dont care about what other people think. I mean they had fireworks for over 2000 years and only used them for entertainment. It took some european to turn it into a form of weapon. They are just humble nice people. If you say you know the culture and the language, then you know that they dont even have a lot of words for the bad things americans say about each other. Such as things like arrogance. Its just something that they dont do. They also do their work and know what the outcome is. They dont ask for tips or assume people will give them because they know what their work will give them and they simply do that. They dont assume someone is gonna give them more money for normal stuff. And dont say I dont know the culture, I have a chinese girlfriend here and spend a ton of time just me and here going around the city. I have been around the country already and yes, I see bad stuff in places. I could go on for so long, but China is sick and shut the fuck up about bashing it.