Chinese Authorities Act Quickly to Stamp Out Call for China’s ‘Jasmine Revolution’
Chinese forces remind the world that they are experts in the art of the crackdown
Chinese authorities are moving quickly to crush any attempt for uprisings in China. The call to protest is believed to have first circulated Saturday on the Chinese news website Boxun.com, based in the United States. Mobile phone and text messaging services have been disconnected within China, and searches for “Jasmine” have been censored as Beijing anxiously tries to quell any opportunity for protests to spread across the nation. Boxun.com, as well as Twitter and Facebook have been blocked, which will make it difficult for organized demonstrations to get off the ground.
BEIJING – Several top Chinese rights activists have disappeared into police custody as a web campaign urged angry citizens to mark the Middle East’s “Jasmine Revolution” with protests, campaigners said Sunday.
Up to 15 leading Chinese rights lawyers and activists have disappeared since Saturday amid a nationwide police mobilisation, according to activists, while the government appeared to censor Internet postings calling for the demonstrations. source: Channel News Asia
Hundreds of people gathered Sunday in China's major cities of Beijing and Shanghai but were dispersed by police in both places. Photo: AP
“We welcome… laid off workers and victims of forced evictions to participate in demonstrations, shout slogans and seek freedom, democracy and political reform to end ‘one party rule’,” one posting said.
The postings, many of which appeared to have originated on overseas websites run by exiled Chinese political activists, called for protests in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and 10 other major Chinese cities.
Protesters were urged to shout slogans including “we want food to eat,” “we want work,” we want housing,” “we want justice,” “long live freedom,” and “long live democracy. source: Asia One
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