Chinese Environmental Activists Riot, Pipeline Cancelled!

Good for them! :2thumbsup:

 

POWER TO THE PEOPLE!
OFF THE PIG!

Shades of 69 –70 Berkeley California!

 

Wow! That's quite successful. That was an immensely stupid project, I'm glad they derailed it.

 

So by shutting down the pipeline they effectively stop the paper-mill from operating? not clear in the article...I'm all for it BTW,

I live near a recently defunkt pulp mill and lemmy tell ya the air and waters never been cleaner...
Well, that is if you don't count the toxic metals that were released into the river a couple of years ago when they removed a diversion dam downstream of the largest superfund toxic clean-up site in America to facilitate the relocation of decades of heavy metal sediment generated by the anaconda copper company.

Ok playing devils (republicans) advocate here;

Those bleeding-heart liberal panty-waists are killing jobs!

 

People can make a difference!

 

Frustrating is a lot of locals in this part of the country don't understand.
They are in denial because they have been dependant on the timber industry for so many generations they think it's some birth-right to make a living from forest, and they are all convinced its the "environmentalists" stopping them, not market forces.

 

it could happen in America if ppl could work together like they used to,,,,jus sayin....it is so hard to get a group of ppl together that'll actually stand up and say somethin without tuckin their tail between their legs and runnin home to mama....

 

Carefull man, two entirely different cultures...

Shifang city


Anahiem CA

 

Yeah... and they say those commies are worse....

 

My my my! The Chinese government acting on what the citizens wants -that's a first. What is the world coming too? Outstanding victory for the common man!!!!!!

 

Thanks to the Kyoto Protocol.. China does not need to regulate it's COx and other green house gas outputs because they are a "developing country"... China is way way way way way way way way bigger polluter than the US..

 

This makes me so happy!!! Jia you Zhong guo ren!!!

 

Fact is, the youth of this world will soon be taking over and they are fucking fed up with everything they have been forced to swallow...the internet has helped to create a worldwide movement and awakening of the future custodians of this planet and no amount of propaganda will stop them...

 

BTW...the lesson here is riots work. We, the people, have the power. Do not be afraid to let your governmnet know we won't fucking stand for it...

 

No, reread that. See how it says "Japan". it is more because they just hate the Japanese. Sad but true. In my two years there, basically nothing motivated the Chinese as much as hating the Japanese, even if it seems like ancient history to many around the world, it sure is not; even to the college students I taught for two years, in regards to Japans atrocities during WW2. Sorry to say it, but getting Japan out of China, culturally, business wise, etc. was the biggest motivating factor more than anything, I am sure, especially when we are talking about Chinese people outside of Beijing and Shanghai (people in these two cities are generally far more open minded towards the Japan). At the very least, the fact that Japan is a player in this story had SOMETHING to do with the severity of these protests, if not the protests as a whole, which would not be a first by a long shot.

 

^^^Didn't think of that...

I was aware that that chinese still maintain the hatred of the japs even in the printing of elementary school books...( saw it on a documentary)


Thanks for pointing that out C-floyd

 

People should perhaps be aware Japan has never made an apology to China or Korea for the atrocities committed during the war. Having visited one of the Japanese concentration camps in China, I have a little more understanding than most as to exactly why the Chinese hate the Japanese so much.

And the Japanese are far from innocent too - have heard them say terrible things about the Chinese.

 

The most polluted country on earth is finally taking action?? Wow good for them. It's surprising they care considering how common it is to treat hiking trails like refuse bins in China.

 

Very good point, Carlfloydfan, and helps to explain why a government notorious for the Tiananmen Square incident would let this type of protest happen without bringing out the tanks...