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Student Protest in Taiwan
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Student Protest in Taiwan
by Overlord on Sun Nov 09, 2008 9:24 pm
Last edited by Overlord on Mon Nov 10, 2008 2:19 am, edited 2 times in total.
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Re: Student Protest in Taiwan
by Formosa Neijia on Sun Nov 09, 2008 10:21 pm
No context?
The students in the clip are upset that police cracked down on violent protestors a few days ago. It's complicated.
Ma Ying-jeou recently decided to bring a Chinese official over for cross-strait talks when Ma is politically weak here at home. The Chinese have never, ever been anything but rude and outright threatening to Taiwan. So when the mainland official got here, protests started breaking out. The protests were lead by the DPP, who are anxious to get people thinking about anything other than how corrupt they themselves are (Chen Sui-bian stole millions of $ US while in office).
The protests turned violent and the police beat a few people. Note that many police were sent to the hospital, too. So the students are being drummed up by the DPP against "police brutality" to obscure the protestor-led brutality them themselves caused.
Typical of Taiwan.
Dave C.
The students in the clip are upset that police cracked down on violent protestors a few days ago. It's complicated.
Ma Ying-jeou recently decided to bring a Chinese official over for cross-strait talks when Ma is politically weak here at home. The Chinese have never, ever been anything but rude and outright threatening to Taiwan. So when the mainland official got here, protests started breaking out. The protests were lead by the DPP, who are anxious to get people thinking about anything other than how corrupt they themselves are (Chen Sui-bian stole millions of $ US while in office).
The protests turned violent and the police beat a few people. Note that many police were sent to the hospital, too. So the students are being drummed up by the DPP against "police brutality" to obscure the protestor-led brutality them themselves caused.
Typical of Taiwan.
Dave C.
Time to put the QUAN back in taijiQUAN. Time to put the YANG back in YANG style taiji.
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Re: Student Protest in Taiwan
by Formosa Neijia on Mon Nov 10, 2008 1:39 am
Maybe this will make everyone happy:
Dave C.
Dave C.
Time to put the QUAN back in taijiQUAN. Time to put the YANG back in YANG style taiji.
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Re: Student Protest in Taiwan
by Overlord on Mon Nov 10, 2008 2:08 am
No, this makes me cry!
Last edited by Overlord on Mon Nov 10, 2008 2:12 am, edited 3 times in total.
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