Comments on: China Executes Briton Akmal Shaikh Despite Appeals for Mercy http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2009/12/china-executes-briton-akmal-shaikh-despite-appeals-for-mercy/ Watching China Politics from Cyberspace Sat, 26 May 2012 19:19:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: M.http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2009/12/china-executes-briton-akmal-shaikh-despite-appeals-for-mercy/#comment-14049 M. Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:01:56 +0000 http://chinadigitaltimes.net/?p=49466#comment-14049 My two cents: the guy is a victim of the internet. Now that the majority of the Chinese public can read about this in the Western media online, there is really no way the Chinese media could have kept quiet about it - or the authorities worked out a deal behind closed doors. Not without risking the anger of their own population and getting the opium war card pulled on them. This is one of those cases where domestic public opinion clearly outweighs international public opinion. Once the news was out there, the decision had very little to do with justice or injustice, right or wrong. It was a simple choice between temporarily cooling down Sino-British relations or losing legitimacy at home. From the point of view of the CCP, killing the guy certainly was the better strategic choice. My two cents: the guy is a victim of the internet. Now that the majority of the Chinese public can read about this in the Western media online, there is really no way the Chinese media could have kept quiet about it – or the authorities worked out a deal behind closed doors. Not without risking the anger of their own population and getting the opium war card pulled on them. This is one of those cases where domestic public opinion clearly outweighs international public opinion. Once the news was out there, the decision had very little to do with justice or injustice, right or wrong. It was a simple choice between temporarily cooling down Sino-British relations or losing legitimacy at home. From the point of view of the CCP, killing the guy certainly was the better strategic choice.

]]> By: Johnny Detroithttp://chinadigitaltimes.net/2009/12/china-executes-briton-akmal-shaikh-despite-appeals-for-mercy/#comment-13936 Johnny Detroit Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:07:07 +0000 http://chinadigitaltimes.net/?p=49466#comment-13936 Bravo, China you did the right thing. Remember the Opium War. That kind of humiliation MUST NEVER repeat again. Chinese law must be strictly enforce. Bravo, China you did the right thing. Remember the Opium War. That kind of humiliation MUST NEVER repeat again. Chinese law must be strictly enforce.

]]> By: Bill Richhttp://chinadigitaltimes.net/2009/12/china-executes-briton-akmal-shaikh-despite-appeals-for-mercy/#comment-13928 Bill Rich Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:55:30 +0000 http://chinadigitaltimes.net/?p=49466#comment-13928 The international community should realize by now that China do not change in the face of pleading for mercy. China understand one thing, and one thing only: power. The only way the international community can make China change is by force: financial, military, diplomatic, communication, etc. The international community must tell China what sanction will be implemented if they don't follow the program. There is no use asking China to show mercy. It is not a merciful nation. It is a nation that only understand power - power it yields and power other nations yield.That's the only way to deal with a soulless society. The international community should realize by now that China do not change in the face of pleading for mercy. China understand one thing, and one thing only: power. The only way the international community can make China change is by force: financial, military, diplomatic, communication, etc. The international community must tell China what sanction will be implemented if they don’t follow the program. There is no use asking China to show mercy. It is not a merciful nation. It is a nation that only understand power – power it yields and power other nations yield.

That’s the only way to deal with a soulless society.

]]> By: Ahmed Consulthttp://chinadigitaltimes.net/2009/12/china-executes-briton-akmal-shaikh-despite-appeals-for-mercy/#comment-13923 Ahmed Consult Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:41:03 +0000 http://chinadigitaltimes.net/?p=49466#comment-13923 This man, a foreigner in England, was subject to sovreign laws on PRC. Gay Gordon Brown and his wrecking crew have only the immigrant vote in sight when they condemn PRC. Two weeks from now, it will not be mentioned. This man, a foreigner in England, was subject to sovreign laws on PRC. Gay Gordon Brown and his wrecking crew have only the immigrant vote in sight when they condemn PRC. Two weeks from now, it will not be mentioned.

]]> By: Tenzinhttp://chinadigitaltimes.net/2009/12/china-executes-briton-akmal-shaikh-despite-appeals-for-mercy/#comment-13921 Tenzin Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:25:56 +0000 http://chinadigitaltimes.net/?p=49466#comment-13921 He was given a death sentences without a proper hearings and trials. he should be examined carefully through expert medical team about his mental disorder. communist usually carries death sentences without any proceudres. He was given a death sentences without a proper hearings and trials. he should be examined carefully through expert medical team about his mental disorder. communist usually carries death sentences without any proceudres.

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