Industrial row brews over planned police act of ‘civilisation’ in China
An unprecedented crackdown on peaceful protests in China’s most populous province has triggered a national uproar over its authoritarian government’s determination to suppress all forms of dissent.
The latest crackdown took place over the weekend, sparking furious outcry from human rights groups and anger on social media sites in China.
Shocking: The latest crackdown took place over the weekend in Ningxia’s Hunan city, a region with a population of 13million, and saw scores of people arrested and suspended from their jobs
Demonstrators in front of a Chinese flag outside the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing, China, on September 25, 2013
The Chinese government is known for using its vast surveillance of its citizenry to maintain control over its citizens.
Since President Hu Jintao stepped down on June 3, 2014, the country’s communist regime has tightened control over in이천안마ternet and mobile communications to suppress any expression of dissent on the eve of its party congress and presidential polls next year.
While many in China’s increasingly urbanised metropolises have expressed their anger at the sweeping measures and are using social media to spread the message, some fear the crackdown could be nothing but 전립선a ploy to stamp out unrest.
A report in the New York Times said the ‘anti-mass protests’ – where peaceful protests are met with hundreds of heavily armed police force – has turned into what it calls ‘a new kind of state repression’.
It said일산출장마사지 the crackdown is part of ‘an unprecedented push to ensure the party leadership that emerged after Mr Hu’s ascension holds onto power’.
An ‘anti-party war’ has already claimed the lives of four people since the beginning of the year, including two Chinese nationals killed in January near a protest in Beijing.
Police also have fired teargas canisters at peaceful protesters in the area of the Chinese capital, Beijing.
It came after the latest series of violent clashes between police and protesters descended into violence in the northern part of Ningxia, which is famous for its vast wealth of natural resources and popular culture.
The region includes the vast Dongjiang oil and gas field, as well as many important fishing ports.
The latest ‘anti-party war’ began on Monday and the latest wave of arrests followed on Wednesday night.
Pound of iron: China’s Ministry of Public Security said that many people were injured in violent clashes in Ningxia this year between government troop