Comments on: A Different Kind Of Protest: Shanxi Residents Plea For Mayor To Stay http://beijingcream.com/2013/02/a-different-kind-of-protest-shanxi-residents-plea-for-mayor-to-stay/ A Dollop of China Tue, 22 Jan 2019 17:42:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jay K. http://beijingcream.com/2013/02/a-different-kind-of-protest-shanxi-residents-plea-for-mayor-to-stay/#comment-217764 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 05:41:58 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=10069#comment-217764 A bit misleading, after talking to my friends from Datong, they weren’t actually protesting as more of it as a farewell party to show their support.

Sure my friends and their relatives are sad to see the mayor leave his post in Datong, because of how much he helped the city turn from an economy based on coal and polluting the environment to something that produces now better air than Beijing..and that’s saying a lot since we all know Shanxi is “coal country”

This is not seen as a demotion by many in the Datong community (according to my friend and his relatives) but a major promotion for the mayor.

]]> By: Jess http://beijingcream.com/2013/02/a-different-kind-of-protest-shanxi-residents-plea-for-mayor-to-stay/#comment-217694 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 03:36:27 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=10069#comment-217694 Does it really count as a demotion? He’s going from mayor in Datong to vice mayor in Taiyuan. The title might be lesser, but Taiyuan is the provincial capital, after all, so perhaps it’s more of a step forward.

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