Reporters Beaten, Activists Detained; Is Henan a Rogue Province?

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[...] Blog Info on Henan-Beijing relations By justrecently The relationship between the provinces and Beijing is one of the most complex and difficult to fathom in China. Usually however, the central government [...]

"The central government years ago reversed course on AIDs" ? Years ? Is that decades, or a few years. Makes a difference.

Actually, PRC has never been an intact sovereignty as to administrative and jutical system, not to mention Taiwan which is physically independent. Another term: Federation of China would be more advisable for foreigners to observe and penetrate this chaotic country. This report is another textbook case for"red outside but blue inside","monarchism outside, self-determination inside"if not anarchism. Funny thing is people call Shanghai autonomous city, but the thing is all provinces and cities are de facto autonomies except for Beijing. The top brass in Beijing are no more than puppets teased by local tycoons and PLA shoguns. Refering to the incoming economical crisis and social unrest, Hu and Wen would cling on to the conservative without other choice, cause harmonizing won't work this time. Voices and the rightous can never be harmonized. John Smith's struggle in this blog is a clear proof and can't be clearer that name-calling, propaganda, discrimination...and even gibberish won't and can't work in free world.

"Actually, PRC has never been an intact sovereignty as to administrative and jutical system, not to mention Taiwan"

You must be kidding. Taiwan, an inalienable part of China, is, of course, totally integrated with the Beijing government, and is totally in compliant with any policy issued by Beijing. If you don't believe that, just ask any Chinese poster here.

John2008obama, maybe you overrated the "autonomy" in provinces and cities. We prefer to call it "out of control" by Beijing sometimes.

As for the "John Smith", I have some words for "him": When everyone here has known what you are, will your works have any meaning?

In fact, colluding the gangsters is the CCP government's habitual artifice. They use it frequently and widely since it's efficacious.

JohnSmith: Whatever you say. Fellow. BTW, do you see any Chinese poster here from mainland China? Whom should I ask?

Conscienceinchina:
1. Do you really understand what John S really want to say?

2. I respect your view, but to be serious,"out of control by Beijing sometimes" is seriously understated. It'd be better to say "totally out of control by BJ" at almost all time, but only when something is really out of propaganda's coverage, and censorship's control, then sb. will make it under control and tell the others:Hey, look, it's under control and, of course, shows some whipping boy's face on CCTV.

Some innocent but gullible people, deluded by a fistful of anti-revolutionary, clashed with armed police and PLA men.
or
Some brainwashed but innocent armed police and PLA men, coerced,deluded by a fistful of corrupt, antirevolutionary, lunatic officials and commander, oppressed unarmed, weak people and then seized their farmland.
It's totally your call.

3. "In fact, colluding the gangsters is the CCP government's habitual artifice. They use it frequently and widely since it's efficacious."

It's funny, cause CCP doesn't need to develop any local ganster franchise. CCP is the genuine, and the only legitimate organization that can do anything legally in China without any others' permit. It won't need any goddamn ganster who will ruin it's reputation only. It doesn't need any help even from judicial system which has been discarded decades ago. BTW, CCP is the largest org. of such kind in the world.　YOU　WANT IN？

"CCP is the genuine, and the only legitimate organization that can do anything legally in China without any others' permit."

"can do anything legally" ? Anyone can do anything legally. It is the illegal stuff that's tricky, and needs some real clout, like the PLA, to be able to do anything legally or illegally.

And if the stuff is legal, you should need any permit from anybody. It is the illegal things that you need someone to turn a blind eye on.

For those who insists that India is a shinning example how democracy can work in a developing world with free speech, free election and rule of law, here is a piece of BW article.
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_50/b4112024094731_page_2.htm
Pay attention to the part of rampaged corruption, political and ethic violence that happens everywhere daily. People beat the boss of a foreign company in India to death because he wanted to lay off workers.
Sad. Isn't it.

babou80, The Belgians do not spell it like the Dutch. The article is correct.

So, the autocracy and the CCP are the only choice for the Chinese people, aren't they, sing666?

sing666: I don't see anyone here insists that India is a shinning example....

conscienceinchina: that's not "the autocracy and the CCP", it's the dictatorship of the upper-class proletarian and socialism with corrupt Chinese characteristic. Just like the "milk outside, the chemical-laced inside".

John Smith: Sorry for the typo. it should be "illegally". Sorry for hurting your feeling, I know you are a diehard supporter of CCP and preacher of China's superiority.

Thanks for your corrections, John2008Obama, you are an awesome man with plenty of knowledges. Dictator,autocracy, totalitarian, authoritarianism......I am not major in politics and English, so I am not able to distinguish them exactly, but I thing it's really difficult to divide the categories and characters of all the rogue regimes without democracy and freedom, and we don't need to define them since all the rogue countries and regimes are having all such characters.

As for the topic about "collusion", there are officials colluding mobdom and polices colluding bandits everywhere here. I understand your indignation, because I am having the same. But it's a truth.

conscienceinchina： I don't post here to make any correction, actually. I'm here for fun only, and I appreciate your understanding.

Just for fun!

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