世界媒体看中国：政变谣传考

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VOA Chinese, Mar 22, 2012.
www.voanews.com/chinese/news/201 ... hina-143868126.html


My comment:
(a) The report cites
(i) Editorial: China's Coup Jitters. Wall Street Journal, Mar 22, 2012.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB ... 95060978784338.html

Though the VOA report claims it was Mar 21 ("美国《华尔街日报》星期三发表一篇没有署名的评论，题目是'中国的政变惊慌：中国人明白他们的政府不像其声称的那么稳定'"--with a link which requires subscription or payment), the bottom of this wsj.com page indicates it appears in print Mar 22 (probably online Mar 21).
(ii) Mark Mackinnon, Why the Coup Rumours in China Aren’t Going Away. Globe and mail, Mar 21, 2012
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/n ... way/article2376711/
("the wall of secrecy that Communist Party leadership has built around itself also prevents the development of trust between the government, media and public. It leaves the media with no one to talk to and get real information from when there’s a wild rumour floating about")

(b) The VOA report traces the source of coup rumors to Prof Kong (photo caption: 北京大学教授孔庆东上星期五表示，罢免薄熙来这样的一个好共产党高级领导人相当于“反革命政变”). VOA insults our intellect, as if the whole China, even the entire world, are in dilirium as if we were back in the Salem, Massachusetts, witch hunt. The rumor pointed to Monday night (Mar 19); some Beijingers asserted observing a more-than-usual police presence in  a certain part of Beijing, according to various wire (foreign) reports.


(2) 重庆挺薄者被消音 市民评薄毁誉参半. VOA Chinese, Mar 22, 2012.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/n ... N-BO-143829796.html

Quote:

(a) "也有人说，重庆市过去几年维权投诉案件大为减少。

(b) "民间维权网站中国天网(也叫64天网)创办人黄琦对美国之音记者表示，与他所在的成都市相比，近几年重庆市公民投诉到他网站的土地违法和侵犯人权案件少了许多。

"他说：'在06、07、08年，那个时候，重庆那边提给天网的维权案件每年基本都有不低于300个，  而现在的一些案件基本上都是历史上的维权案件，现时发生的我们还几乎没有接收到一例。'

"这位曾经因发表不同政见和从事与四川地震遇难学生有关的维权活动而先后两次坐牢八年的活动人士指出，他收到的来自成都市双流开发区的土地纠纷投诉有上千件之多，而相比之下，在重庆市两江新区的土地开发项目上，他尚未收到相关的违法侵权投诉。他说，这可能主要是因为该土地开发项目对征地实行了高额补偿。

"仍然保留中共中央政治局委员职位的薄熙来2007年底卸下中国商务部长的职务到重庆担任市委书记。

(3) 薄熙来已走，左派圈内斗？ VOA Chinese, Mar 22, 2012
www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20120322-Bos-fall-143815366.html
(杨帆叫板张宏良)

(4) 温家宝或在任期末平反六四启动政改. VOA Chinese, Mar 22, 2012.
www.voanews.com/chinese/news/201 ... acre-143799896.html