{"id":128166,"date":"2011-12-06T16:44:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-06T23:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=127921"},"modified":"2011-12-13T07:46:33","modified_gmt":"2011-12-13T14:46:33","slug":"netizens-call-foul-on-global-times-hu-xijin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2011\/12\/netizens-call-foul-on-global-times-hu-xijin\/","title":{"rendered":"Netizens Call Foul on Global Times’ Hu Xijin"},"content":{"rendered":"
Hundreds of protesters gathered Oct. 26-27 in the streets of Zhili, a township in Huzhou, northern Zhejiang Province<\/a>, to demand an end to tax hikes and various local “fees.” One such tax includes a “machinery head tax” on factories. Many turned violent, smashing windows and setting fire to cars. Rioters attacked an Audi while it drove by, forcing the driver off the road and leading him to hit ten bystanders. Riot police were called in to quell the protests.<\/p>\n Hu Xijin, Chief Editor of the party newspaper Global Times<\/em>, posted on his Sina Weibo account<\/a> about an editorial on Oct. 28 titled “Whatever the reason, perpetrators of violence must be harshly punished.” Readers left angry comments about Hu’s “double standard” for protesters and government officials. Many compare the Huzhou riots to the assault on ordinary citizens attempting to visit Chen Guangcheng<\/a>, an activist who has remained under house arrest since he finished serving a four-year prison sentence in September 2010.<\/p>\n Below are the comments on Sina Weibo responding to Hu.<\/p>\n XuwuSky99: I didn\u2019t dare to comment before learning the truth of the incident, so I tried to search \u201cHuzhou Tax Riot\u201d on Sina Weibo, and… [\u201cHuzhou Tax Riot\u201d (\u6e56\u5dde\u6297\u7a0e) became a banned Sina Weibo search term soon after the riot.] Langligelang: I can\u2019t even find the right word to describe you. WallYiyuan: No taxation without representation? Not to mention that we have no rights and are still forced to pay more taxes? If we don’t cooperate, we’re just compelled [to pay]? DandingdeBiange: There\u2019ll only be fewer and fewer people who believe in “Fifty Cents<\/a>“. What a pity, just like the man in a case<\/a>… Papillonn: Are you afraid? Kaqiushadehongqiuku: I support the protests against heavy taxation. M—–O: It’s the right thing to say, but the order is reversed!!! Government officials should take responsibility first. You can’t chop off the heads of ordinary citizens at the first sign of a mistake… Is “serving the people” just a load of crap?
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\nPapillonn\uff1a\u6015\u4e86\uff1f<\/p>\n
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