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"'The... people are so miserable,' read a social media post in the wake of yet another mass killing in the country earlier this year. The same user also warned: 'There will only be more and more copycat attacks.'" China, not the US.
bbc.com/news/articles/c3dxz1vz
#China #violence #SocialUnrest

www.bbc.comChina: A year of mass attacks reveals anger and frustrationThe killings have led to questions about what is driving people to murder strangers en masse.
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@goblin

[2/2] Since the 1980s the #CCP has used #nationalism as a pillar of support for their rule.

Anchoring its power over people in the #Chinese #tradition has worked out well for them.

#Nationalism is like an evil glue to a group of people to make them hate "others" instead of their rulers.

Still, their is a lot of reason for #socialunrest in China and the #party knows that quite well.

It is interesting studying the party's approaches of dealing with it including #Counterinsurgency

There is a new major #food #scandal in #China

After the #地沟油 #gutteroil & the 2008 melamine-contaminated #baby #formula scandal, a new #foodsafety #problem was discovered.

A state-owned company used the same #tankers to transport cooking oil & fuel. To safe costs, without a cleaning in between.

As the news spread via #Beijing #News & #Weibo, the government started a major censorship campaign.

#Foodsecurity is a major reason for #socialunrest in China

@cdt gives a good overview (link below)