Comments on: While protesting in the park, stop and smell the 100 flowers http://www.lostlaowai.com/blog/expat-stuff/china-expat-rants/while-protesting-in-the-park-stop-and-smell-the-100-flowers/ No-nonsense China Expat & Travel Community Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:53:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ryan http://www.lostlaowai.com/blog/expat-stuff/china-expat-rants/while-protesting-in-the-park-stop-and-smell-the-100-flowers/#comment-10831 Ryan Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:24:37 +0000 http://www.lostlaowai.com/commentary/blog/?p=688#comment-10831 Sanctioned protests have always been allowed. The gov't nearly tripped over themselves to approve the anti-Japanese protests back in '05. It's not so much the start that concerns me - more the finish. Sanctioned protests have always been allowed. The gov’t nearly tripped over themselves to approve the anti-Japanese protests back in ’05.

It’s not so much the start that concerns me – more the finish.

]]> By: Chris http://www.lostlaowai.com/blog/expat-stuff/china-expat-rants/while-protesting-in-the-park-stop-and-smell-the-100-flowers/#comment-10829 Chris Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:08:28 +0000 http://www.lostlaowai.com/commentary/blog/?p=688#comment-10829 Hey, it's a start. I think JohnG is right. Local government's could get a drubbing, especially since they seem to be more widely despised. Not sure if it'll do any good, but that's not entirely the point. Hey, it’s a start.

I think JohnG is right. Local government’s could get a drubbing, especially since they seem to be more widely despised. Not sure if it’ll do any good, but that’s not entirely the point.

]]> By: JohnG http://www.lostlaowai.com/blog/expat-stuff/china-expat-rants/while-protesting-in-the-park-stop-and-smell-the-100-flowers/#comment-10828 JohnG Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:00:52 +0000 http://www.lostlaowai.com/commentary/blog/?p=688#comment-10828 Like you Ryan, I see this as a face-saving measure. I would really be surprised if Dream for Darfur people are granted a visa let alone allowed to protest. Maybe something that doesn't have anything to do with Beijing or the central government will be allowed such Shanghai anti-maglev protests? J. Like you Ryan, I see this as a face-saving measure. I would really be surprised if Dream for Darfur people are granted a visa let alone allowed to protest. Maybe something that doesn’t have anything to do with Beijing or the central government will be allowed such Shanghai anti-maglev protests?

J.

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