Comments on: Here’s Video Of Sunday’s “Rare” Protest In Beijing, Over Proposed Express Rail http://beijingcream.com/2012/12/video-of-sundays-rare-protest-beijing-against-high-speed-rail/ A Dollop of China Tue, 22 Jan 2019 17:42:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: The Tao http://beijingcream.com/2012/12/video-of-sundays-rare-protest-beijing-against-high-speed-rail/#comment-214390 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:40:18 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=7418#comment-214390 They way people were using “rare” shifted the focus from the primary story — trains running through backyards — to the secondary one (caricaturing here): “China is an authoritarian system where protests aren’t allowed, cause China sucks.” Reuters et al. were just trying to provide context, I understand (and justification for running the story), but I think they were after the wrong context. Something I’d be curious to learn: what’s the efficacy of Chinese protests vs. first-world ones? What are the issues that Chinese are more likely to protest? etc.

Keep em coming.

]]> By: Maggie http://beijingcream.com/2012/12/video-of-sundays-rare-protest-beijing-against-high-speed-rail/#comment-214386 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:10:47 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=7418#comment-214386 I think when you deride the assertion that protests are rare in China, you might be forgetting just how common very visible protests are in the United States, especially in the capital.

Feels like I am your comment curmudgeon lately…

]]> By: Jonathan Alpart http://beijingcream.com/2012/12/video-of-sundays-rare-protest-beijing-against-high-speed-rail/#comment-214213 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:14:57 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=7418#comment-214213 Great post. Of course they would say it is “rare” because anything else would go against the narrative that China is a total police state.

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