{"id":167079,"date":"2013-12-29T20:22:36","date_gmt":"2013-12-30T04:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=167079"},"modified":"2013-12-29T20:22:36","modified_gmt":"2013-12-30T04:22:36","slug":"prosperous-chinese-risk-fortune-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/12\/prosperous-chinese-risk-fortune-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Prosperous Chinese Risk Fortune For Protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bloomberg reports that <strong><a title=\"Chinese Put Self-Made Riches at Risk Taking to Street to Fight for Justice \" href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2013-12-23\/china-protester-risks-riches-joining-street-fight-for-justice.html#disqus_thread\">even some of China&#8217;s most financially successful citizens have risked their fortunes and faced arrest after protesting for greater freedoms on the street<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Wang, a company manager who drives a BMW sport-utility vehicle and owns two homes, is an unlikely street protester. He\u2019s ridden China\u2019s economic boom that lifted hundreds of millions from poverty and created a middle class. Yet he says he\u2019s prepared to risk his comfortable life to speak out.<\/p>\n<p>While street protesters are a tiny minority in the country of 1.3 billion people, they get wider support on the Internet from those with whom their message strikes a chord. For President\u00a0<a title=\"Search News\" href=\"http:\/\/search.bloomberg.com\/search?q=Xi%20Jinping&site=wnews&client=wnews&proxystylesheet=wnews&output=xml_no_dtd&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&filter=p&getfields=wnnis&sort=date:D:S:d1&partialfields=-wnnis:NOAVSYND&lr=-lang_ja\">Xi Jinping<\/a>, public dissent may undermine the party\u2019s authority, especially at a time when economic growth is slowing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI used to consider making it my life goal to become filthy rich,\u201d Wang says. \u201cI believe my life will be more meaningful if I spend it fighting a totalitarian power.\u201d[<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2013-12-23\/china-protester-risks-riches-joining-street-fight-for-justice.html#disqus_thread\">Source<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read more about <a title=\"The Southern Street Movement\" href=\"http:\/\/chinachange.org\/category\/human-rights-civil-rights-movement\/page\/2\/\">Wang Aizhong and the Southern Street Movement<\/a> at China Change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bloomberg reports that even some of China&#8217;s most financially successful citizens have risked their fortunes and faced arrest after protesting for greater freedoms on the street: Wang, a company manager who drives a BMW sport-utility vehicle and owns two homes, is an unlikely street protester. 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