October 29, 2013 - 6:32PM
Philip Wen
China correspondent from Fairfax Media
Chinese police (click here) are investigating whether a fiery car crash which killed five people and injured dozens was linked with suspects from the country’s restive Xinjiang region, with mounting evidence pointing to a deliberate suicide attack.
Police issued a notice late on Monday ordering Beijing hotels to check their records for a 42-year-old and 25-year-old from Pishan and Shanshan counties in the far western province, in connection with an unspecified ‘‘major incident’’....
People watch from nearby Chang'an Avenue as smoke rises in front of the Tiananmen Gate on Monday. Photo: Reuters
An autonomous region of the Turkic people that extends into Europe.
In China there are 11,647,000 (0.8% of the total country pop.) Turkic people. Evidently, they don't identify themselves as Chinese.
There is this from the University of Michigan. (click here) In a generalized sense these people consider themselves "Turkistan." It is huge ethnic area.
The Question of Religious Fundamentalism in Asia (click here)
Really?
These figures do not include resources devoted to overseas evangelical and missionary activities. I can't help but wonder what missionaries are involved here and why the disruption of their society in a hatred enough to spawn a car bomb attack.
It is a tribal area with many Muslim groups. Someone has them stirred up about something. If Christian Fundamentalists are involved they need them alone. But, there is a chance the Climate Crisis might be a challenge to them, too.
This is the danger when NGOs are based in religious fundamentalism. Rather than being a "Peace Corp" organization that upholds the culture of the people while teaching things like sanitary conditions and safe food handling and cooking, preserving, etc.; the NGOs exonerate themselves in bringing 'the word' along with the teaching.
I would think there was an extremist Islamic influence, but, not this far east in China. I would expect the western region of this tribal area before the eastern region.
The academic writing focuses on Russian control, but, China has grown into a more military power in the region, so it makes sense. Something routed them out of their posture. It is some kind of fundamentalism, otherwise they would not be conducting suicide attacks.
Madeline Albright is in China. That may have something to do with it, but, I'm not convinced of that.
2013-10-29
By Amy He in New York (China Daily USA)
Philip Wen
China correspondent from Fairfax Media
Chinese police (click here) are investigating whether a fiery car crash which killed five people and injured dozens was linked with suspects from the country’s restive Xinjiang region, with mounting evidence pointing to a deliberate suicide attack.
Police issued a notice late on Monday ordering Beijing hotels to check their records for a 42-year-old and 25-year-old from Pishan and Shanshan counties in the far western province, in connection with an unspecified ‘‘major incident’’....
People watch from nearby Chang'an Avenue as smoke rises in front of the Tiananmen Gate on Monday. Photo: Reuters
An autonomous region of the Turkic people that extends into Europe.
In China there are 11,647,000 (0.8% of the total country pop.) Turkic people. Evidently, they don't identify themselves as Chinese.
The Question of Religious Fundamentalism in Asia (click here)
Really?
These figures do not include resources devoted to overseas evangelical and missionary activities. I can't help but wonder what missionaries are involved here and why the disruption of their society in a hatred enough to spawn a car bomb attack.
It is a tribal area with many Muslim groups. Someone has them stirred up about something. If Christian Fundamentalists are involved they need them alone. But, there is a chance the Climate Crisis might be a challenge to them, too.
This is the danger when NGOs are based in religious fundamentalism. Rather than being a "Peace Corp" organization that upholds the culture of the people while teaching things like sanitary conditions and safe food handling and cooking, preserving, etc.; the NGOs exonerate themselves in bringing 'the word' along with the teaching.
I would think there was an extremist Islamic influence, but, not this far east in China. I would expect the western region of this tribal area before the eastern region.
The academic writing focuses on Russian control, but, China has grown into a more military power in the region, so it makes sense. Something routed them out of their posture. It is some kind of fundamentalism, otherwise they would not be conducting suicide attacks.
Madeline Albright is in China. That may have something to do with it, but, I'm not convinced of that.
2013-10-29
By Amy He in New York (China Daily USA)
...In her speech, (click here) Albright said that as in
any other relationship, there have been and will continue to be "stress
and challenges". She said that the economic imbalances between the
countries and "tightening on the freedoms" of journalists and public
advocates will impact the health of the two countries' relationship.
But, Albright said, "which ever way our
leaders choose to respond to these concerns, their policy should be
based not on emotions but reason, not on myth, but fact".
Albright stressed how important it is
that the two countries overlook their differences to work together
because China will need the US' help in order to grow: "I suspect that
[Chinese leaders] realize that for the Chinese dream to materialize,
they have no choice but to work closely with the United States," she
said, "for our two societies are increasingly bound together."
Stephen Orlins, NCUSCR president and
moderator of the discussion, asked Albright how Beijing can assume a
role in global leadership without usurping America's role and creating
any tension between the two countries....
It was multiple explosions in May.
Officials standing beside damaged cars at a government office after an
explosion in Fuzhou city, in eastern China's Jiangxi province, on May
26. Three explosions including two car blasts struck government
buildings, an official said, with state media reporting at least five
people were injured.
The AP reports from BEIJING: Explosions, some from car bombs, occurred within a half-hour outside three government buildings in a south China city Thursday, killing two people and wounding at least six others, officials said.
The attacks in May were first attributed to an unhappy peasant. I don't know if a peasant would have enough skill and/or monies to carry out such a plot, but, the accusations were later withdrawn.
...Extremely rare
Xinhua and several other news agencies said a local peasant unhappy about the handling of a legal dispute was thought to be responsible for the attacks, but such reports were later withdrawn by most state media.
Local government officials were scheduled to hold a news conference but this was cancelled at the last-minute.
Multiple bomb attacks in China are extremely rare, especially against government targets.
Analysts say the government will be alarmed by such an apparently well co-ordinated attack as it struggles with large numbers of disputes over land and living standards.
Earlier this month, more than 40 people were injured in a petrol bomb attack on a bank, carried out by a disgruntled former employee, in north-west Gansu province....
Bomb attacks USED TO BE rare.
The day after a Chinese man set off bombs (click here) in local government buildings and killed himself, Chinese internet users said they understand his frustration – and his actions.
It was multiple explosions in May.
The AP reports from BEIJING: Explosions, some from car bombs, occurred within a half-hour outside three government buildings in a south China city Thursday, killing two people and wounding at least six others, officials said.
The attacks in May were first attributed to an unhappy peasant. I don't know if a peasant would have enough skill and/or monies to carry out such a plot, but, the accusations were later withdrawn.
...Extremely rare
Xinhua and several other news agencies said a local peasant unhappy about the handling of a legal dispute was thought to be responsible for the attacks, but such reports were later withdrawn by most state media.
Local government officials were scheduled to hold a news conference but this was cancelled at the last-minute.
Multiple bomb attacks in China are extremely rare, especially against government targets.
Analysts say the government will be alarmed by such an apparently well co-ordinated attack as it struggles with large numbers of disputes over land and living standards.
Earlier this month, more than 40 people were injured in a petrol bomb attack on a bank, carried out by a disgruntled former employee, in north-west Gansu province....
Bomb attacks USED TO BE rare.
The day after a Chinese man set off bombs (click here) in local government buildings and killed himself, Chinese internet users said they understand his frustration – and his actions.
By
Peter Ford, Staff writer /
May 27, 2011
...The flood of supportive comments online since his death is a sign of widespread public frustration at the government's disdain for ordinary citizens. Most of the comments have treated his action as righteous vengeance, rather than a terrorist attack.
“Qian was no Bin Laden, he was one of the weak,” said Li Chengpeng,
one of China’s most popular and influential bloggers, in an interview.
“He had no way to express himself nor defend his rights.”...
It could be a social revolution. The response to the May attacks was that of sympathy for the dead and their families along with a call for understanding of the people effected by urbanization. The "Square." The place people are finding as a place for demonstration and to demand change.
It is my opinion the Chinese government has been mostly bureaucratic with state control of every aspect of it's economic growth. I am not convinced these bombings are related in social unrest, however, there are news reports of a growing social movement of unrest and unhappiness in China. That may or may not indicate the growth of violence so much as demand for change.
The West likes to tie the troubles into a neatly wrapped package, I don't believe it is that simple. The government structure is very loose. The national government is somewhat divorced from the local authorities. There is a law as of 1987 called, "The Organic Law on the Villagers Committees" (click here) that recognizes local authority of the people and does not assign a hierarchyy of authority answering to the national government. So, these actions by unhappy Chinese are profoundly worrisome. I believe they are. The national government sincerely doesn't have keep seated control and in fact may be more of a minority presence within the nation then they would like to admit.
One of the problems with large tribal regions within a country is the domination of that reality over a central government. It is most frequently noted in Pakistan. There is no sense of order at the local level except for the tribal councils or in the case of China, chairman. The local tribal authority views the national/central government as if another tribal authority rather than a 'federal' authority with more power than they. So, when car bombs occur it is most likely a local disagreement rather than that of an organized effort.
That said, it doesn't mean it is a local power to be dismissed as a nuisance. A car bomb is a serious issue. That is planning with a lot of time to reflect before the incident occurs. There is something here and I am not sure China's national government has a handle on what is occurring in it's tribal areas or with the people displaced by urbanization. The one sure way of ending these hostilities before they become a larger problem both for the people and the government is to include citizens in the expansion of a civilized society. In other words, "Do people live more comfortable and healthy lives when urbanization occurs?" The citizens at the local level have to be included in the massive change occurring in China.
China has been an established nation for millennia not just centuries. The people of China have very long 'life stories' to their ancestors rather than a history of growth and change. They lean to the side of tradition rather than newness. The young people of China can embrace a newness to the nation before the elderly. It is the young that will be the movers and shakers to the local people. They can excite the elders and their parents to a movement within China to take on new achievements. The young Chinese might be the bridge to change the national government is looking for to diminish hostilities harbored by peasants unwilling to see things differently.
I wish them all the best. I simply hate violence and this level of violence is painful to people. Mass killing is profound anger and hatred and that simply isn't good for a country attempting to become a world class government and global power. The ambitions of the national government have to be shared with the local citizens otherwise this could very well be the result, but, on a larger scale. Destruction of a country's infrastructure sets it back and causes more problems than it is worth. But, those unwilling to accept the future may want exactly that.
...The flood of supportive comments online since his death is a sign of widespread public frustration at the government's disdain for ordinary citizens. Most of the comments have treated his action as righteous vengeance, rather than a terrorist attack.
It could be a social revolution. The response to the May attacks was that of sympathy for the dead and their families along with a call for understanding of the people effected by urbanization. The "Square." The place people are finding as a place for demonstration and to demand change.
It is my opinion the Chinese government has been mostly bureaucratic with state control of every aspect of it's economic growth. I am not convinced these bombings are related in social unrest, however, there are news reports of a growing social movement of unrest and unhappiness in China. That may or may not indicate the growth of violence so much as demand for change.
The West likes to tie the troubles into a neatly wrapped package, I don't believe it is that simple. The government structure is very loose. The national government is somewhat divorced from the local authorities. There is a law as of 1987 called, "The Organic Law on the Villagers Committees" (click here) that recognizes local authority of the people and does not assign a hierarchyy of authority answering to the national government. So, these actions by unhappy Chinese are profoundly worrisome. I believe they are. The national government sincerely doesn't have keep seated control and in fact may be more of a minority presence within the nation then they would like to admit.
One of the problems with large tribal regions within a country is the domination of that reality over a central government. It is most frequently noted in Pakistan. There is no sense of order at the local level except for the tribal councils or in the case of China, chairman. The local tribal authority views the national/central government as if another tribal authority rather than a 'federal' authority with more power than they. So, when car bombs occur it is most likely a local disagreement rather than that of an organized effort.
That said, it doesn't mean it is a local power to be dismissed as a nuisance. A car bomb is a serious issue. That is planning with a lot of time to reflect before the incident occurs. There is something here and I am not sure China's national government has a handle on what is occurring in it's tribal areas or with the people displaced by urbanization. The one sure way of ending these hostilities before they become a larger problem both for the people and the government is to include citizens in the expansion of a civilized society. In other words, "Do people live more comfortable and healthy lives when urbanization occurs?" The citizens at the local level have to be included in the massive change occurring in China.
China has been an established nation for millennia not just centuries. The people of China have very long 'life stories' to their ancestors rather than a history of growth and change. They lean to the side of tradition rather than newness. The young people of China can embrace a newness to the nation before the elderly. It is the young that will be the movers and shakers to the local people. They can excite the elders and their parents to a movement within China to take on new achievements. The young Chinese might be the bridge to change the national government is looking for to diminish hostilities harbored by peasants unwilling to see things differently.
I wish them all the best. I simply hate violence and this level of violence is painful to people. Mass killing is profound anger and hatred and that simply isn't good for a country attempting to become a world class government and global power. The ambitions of the national government have to be shared with the local citizens otherwise this could very well be the result, but, on a larger scale. Destruction of a country's infrastructure sets it back and causes more problems than it is worth. But, those unwilling to accept the future may want exactly that.
