China flood protests: Police out in force in Yuyao

[third eye]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24548515

The authorities in a city in eastern China are on high alert after angry residents clashed with police over the government's flood relief efforts.

Armed police are out in force in Yuyao in Zhejiang province, after thousands of people protested in front of the government office there, throwing stones and overturning vehicles.

Residents say little was done to help after Typhoon Fitow struck last week.

Protests against officials are common, but rarely reported by state media.

Residents in Yuyao have been in confrontation with the authorities since last week after complaining about what they say was a slow government response to widespread flooding caused by the typhoon.

Their anger is said to be fuelled by state-run media which have praised the government's relief efforts.

Online photographs and video footage - which apparently originated on Weibo, China's version of Twitter - show large crowds of people gathered in front of local government offices on Tuesday.

They also show some protesters trying to dismantle the Communist Party's mantra - "Serve the People" - mounted at the entrance to the building.

Several demonstrators were photographed with bleeding wounds to the head, apparently after being struck by police.

Other videos show a police vehicle being overturned during earlier protests.

Liu Yuefei, founder of Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch, confirmed to the BBC the authenticity of these photos.

"Local people I've talked to in Yuyao say armed police are everywhere," he told the BBC. "A number of people have been arrested, but I don't know how many."

State-run media in China were slow to report local anger in Yuyao.

But on Tuesday the Yuyao Daily, run by the local Communist Party, criticised the violence.

"A small number of the protesters have resorted to violent acts while the relief operation has reached a critical stage," it said.

Residents should "express their rational demands at an appropriate time, and in a reasonable manner".

"Everyone has a duty to maintain stability, let us do more to help disaster recovery and social stability and resolutely not participate in matters that will hurt disaster rebuilding and recovery efforts and social stability," the newspaper said.

 

[Hafizzz]

This protest proves that people in China do enjoy the right to protest and the right to freedom of speech and the right to public gathering.

 

[Okemos]

This protest proves that people in China do enjoy the right to protest and the right to freedom of speech and the right to public gathering.

That was in my neighboring city!

Also last time when I went back home with an American friend, we saw large demonstration on street but my friend was scared, lol.

According to our Indian friends, we are mindless drones living in silence. In fact, I would say the Chinese government listens too much to the public to the extent that everybody knows you should cry really loud to get what you want! This interferes with fairness and justice in some cases.

Of course, I support this demonstration. The Central Government has long ignored any natural disaster in Zhejiang province because they believe we are so rich that we don't need any help. Basically we only pay tax to the central government but never get any returns. The central government even didn't give a penny for Hangzhou Bay Bridge project.

Further, Zhejiang is hometown of Chiang Kai-shek that fled to Taiwan, so the CCP government has always been suspicious and never invested a penny ever since. There are lots of anger among the locals. They might be using this natural disaster as good opportunity to vent their anger.

 

[Sonyuke_Songpaisan]

Where there is Oppression， there is revolt

 

[S10]

Where there is Oppression， there is revolt

Hence KMT got kicked out of mainland.

 

[Sonyuke_Songpaisan]

Hence KMT got kicked out of mainland.

So hope CCP will not repeat the history

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

That was in my neighboring city!

Also last time when I went back home with an American friend, we saw large demonstration on street but my friend was scared, lol.

According to our Indian friends, we are mindless drones living in silence. In fact, I would say the Chinese government listens too much to the public to the extent that everybody knows you should cry really loud to get what you want! This interferes with fairness and justice in some cases.

Of course, I support this demonstration. The Central Government has long ignored any natural disaster in Zhejiang province because they believe we are so rich that we don't need any help. Basically we only pay tax to the central government but never get any returns. The central government even didn't give a penny for Hangzhou Bay Bridge project.

Further, Zhejiang is hometown of Chiang Kai-shek that fled to Taiwan, so the CCP government has always been suspicious and never invested a penny ever since. There are lots of anger among the locals. They might be using this natural disaster as good opportunity to vent their anger.

This is bullsh1t, CPC even cares about the Taiwanese, do you think they are so idiot of ignoring its own people?

Chiang and his family are born scumbags, he doesn't represent Zhejiang at all.

 

[Kolaps]

That was in my neighboring city!

Also last time when I went back home with an American friend, we saw large demonstration on street but my friend was scared, lol.

According to our Indian friends, we are mindless drones living in silence. In fact, I would say the Chinese government listens too much to the public to the extent that everybody knows you should cry really loud to get what you want! This interferes with fairness and justice in some cases.

Of course, I support this demonstration. The Central Government has long ignored any natural disaster in Zhejiang province because they believe we are so rich that we don't need any help. Basically we only pay tax to the central government but never get any returns. The central government even didn't give a penny for Hangzhou Bay Bridge project.

Further, Zhejiang is hometown of Chiang Kai-shek that fled to Taiwan, so the CCP government has always been suspicious and never invested a penny ever since. There are lots of anger among the locals. They might be using this natural disaster as good opportunity to vent their anger.

I think CCP is care more about Tibet than Zhejiang...Everyone know that!

I feel like we should learn from Malaysia government.

 

[HariPrasad]

That was in my neighboring city!

Also last time when I went back home with an American friend, we saw large demonstration on street but my friend was scared, lol.

According to our Indian friends, we are mindless drones living in silence. In fact, I would say the Chinese government listens too much to the public to the extent that everybody knows you should cry really loud to get what you want! This interferes with fairness and justice in some cases.

Of course, I support this demonstration. The Central Government has long ignored any natural disaster in Zhejiang province because they believe we are so rich that we don't need any help. Basically we only pay tax to the central government but never get any returns. The central government even didn't give a penny for Hangzhou Bay Bridge project.

Further, Zhejiang is hometown of Chiang Kai-shek that fled to Taiwan, so the CCP government has always been suspicious and never invested a penny ever since. There are lots of anger among the locals. They might be using this natural disaster as good opportunity to vent their anger.

They will tolerate for a while and than those cheap 1 million tanks will come in fray like tianenman square.