The Useless Tree

Dongzhou Killings

  • Dongzhou: Injustice Prolonged

        Dongzhou, the village in Guangdong province that was the scene last year of a bloody suppression of a local anti-corruption protest, is back in the news.  This is from yesterday’s BBC: The latest protest was sparked by the… Continue reading

  • Friday I Ching: “Strike Hard” or “listen to the farmers”?

        On the one hand we have this story in yesterday’s Boston Globe: China to ‘strike hard’ against rising unrest BEIJING (Reuters) – China is preparing to "strike hard" against rising public unrest, a senior police official said according… Continue reading

  • Panlong is Dongzhou

       I was wrong.  I thought the New Year’s holiday would mean fewer public protests and demonstrations.  But I just learned of the violence in Panlong, a village in Guangdong province near the city of Zhongshan, in which local people… Continue reading

  • Seeking Truth from Dongzhou Facts

        EastSouthWestNorth has translated parts of a report by a group called Chinese Rights Defenders (Gongmin Weiquan), which appears to be a collection of people both inside and outside of China, on the Dongzhou killings (the original Chinese text,… Continue reading

  • More State, Less Society

         The State Council, China’s ruling cabinet, has issued "a national plan on emergency response:" The emergency response plan aims to increase the government’s capability to protect public safety, deal with unexpected incidents, minimize the losses of the incidents,… Continue reading

  • Remember Dongzhou, and all the other injustices

        As the year comes to a close, and media attention shifts elsewhere, we should all pause for a moment to remember the Dongzhou killings.   As bad as this tragedy was, it was only one of many instances of… Continue reading