New protest in China

[Guest Tony n Terrific]

While no motivations for the attacks were given, a breakdown of the victims shown on Xinjiang TV said almost all, 433, were Han Chinese, suggesting the attacks were ethnically motivated.

 

 

 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090903/ap_on_...s_china_protest

[GZBILL]

While no motivations for the attacks were given, a breakdown of the victims shown on Xinjiang TV said almost all, 433, were Han Chinese, suggesting the attacks were ethnically motivated.

 

 

 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090903/ap_on_...s_china_protest

 

Four words:

 

Kill one, teach 100.

[Batmaniac]

Syringe attacks? Freaky. Scary. Weird. Remember back in the 90s people rumormongering that drug addicts were putting HIV needles in the seats at movies or in the change return on pay phones?

[weiaijiayou]

my goodness, not again...

 

but the part about syringes reminds me of the first time i went to nanyang. my wife kept telling me to be careful about my wallet because thieves would sometimes use a sharp knife to slice through pockets. i'm like, "my wallet? i'm more concerned about being jabbed with the dirty knife..."

[tonado]

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/0...rest/index.html

[tonado]

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/0...rest/index.html

 

"Reports of alleged syringe stabbings in a restive western Chinese city are generating a bit of panic, but doctors say some people have incorrectly concluded they were attacked with needles."

[knloregon]

Christopher Bodeen ---the AP reporter who posted this story is an: "Old China Hand" ---------- he is one of very few whom I trust to not be jaded in his reporting about issues inside China---unlikely to favor a western interpretation at the expense of culturally appropriate reporting.

 

Which is to say---he doesn't chose cultural sides---unlike most western (liberal) reporters..