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busyexpat
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Joined: May 20, 2005
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Location: Hong Kong
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June 16, 2005 - 07:54 PM |
 
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There's plenty of room in t¡bet and Xinjiang where Chinese can settle. Although these places do not have much arable land, as soon as China's agricultural sector gets systematised with vast farm land in one farm and the use of technology to increase productivity, people will be able to live there and just rely on food production coming from other parts of China.
Look out for the next silicon valley in the hills of t¡bet!
Cultural changes need to take place before this would work...I would give the program at least 100 years to evolve. The point is, that there is ample room in the world for everyone to own a 1/4 acre property. |
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wolfy
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June 16, 2005 - 08:08 PM |
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lovethemho
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June 16, 2005 - 11:04 PM |
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Did anyone asked the opinion of bbc - bullsh*t broadcasting ****? |
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GC
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Joined: Dec 01, 2003
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June 17, 2005 - 05:07 AM |
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SIX DIE IN RURAL prοtest
Shocking footage of crowd control 'Chinese-style' has been obtained by Sky News.
The film shows dozens of hired thugs running amok in a village just 60 miles from the capital Beijing.
Villagers are shown being beaten with long canes while gunfire can be heard in the background.
Six villagers are reported to have died while 50 were injured.
It is the worst footage of violence to emerge from the secretive country since the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989.
The trouble broke out after the hired hands, some wearing helmuts and khakis, moved in to clear land needed by a nearby power station.
Villagers had built trenches and erected tents to protect their land.
The blurred footage shows hand-to-hand fighting between the assailants and the villagers.
At least one person is seen being shot dead.
Gunfire and explosions can be heard and seen on film
The three-minute footage ends when the state's enforcers realise they are being filmed and chase the cameraman.
Dominic Waghorn, Sky's Asia correspondent, said: "These are the pictures China does its best to stop the rest of the world from seeing.
"But this time they have got out.
"It looks like a medieval battle but this is Chinese prοtest control in the 21st century."
The battle happened last Saturday in the village of Shengyou.
Villagers are reported to have overrun the local headquarters of the Community Party in prοtest.
Power station bosses are reported to have been negotiating with villagers to buy their land since 2003.
Local governments can chose to take the land and pay minimal compensation if the buyout is considered to be in the public interest.
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13371337,00.html |
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