Mafia Boss Jiang Yanhu

Even though messages and postings were promptly deleted, more details of the Weng'an uprising emerged on the Internet. The Mafia boss who instructed local police to release the murderers of a 15 years old girl is Jiang Yanhu, a top CCP Party official in Guizhou Province.

Jiang Yanhu is the Director of Guizhou Security Bureau, First Political Director of the militarized police in Guizhou, standing committee member of the CCP Guizhou Party, and the vice speaker of the Guizhou provincial legislature.

Jiang Yanhu was a colleague of Chinese President Hu Jintao, when Hu was the governor of Guizhou. Now every ordinary people in China knows whom to blame, let's wipe our eyes to see how long can Hu pretend nothing had happened.

The story has been picked up by western media:

• Associated Press: Police Move to Arrest China Protesters
  
• Reuters: China Announces Olympics Stability Drive After Riot
  
• New York Times: Chinese Riot over Handling of Girl's Killing
  
• Washington Post: Thousands in Southwestern China Riot over Alleged Coverup
  
• AFP: China Acts to Preempt Unrest as Olympics Near
  

Angry People Torched Police Station

Angry people in Guizhou torched a county police department on June 28, 2008.

A 9th Grader girl of the No. 3 Middle School of Weng'an County was gang raped then murdered. The suspects were released by local police because of their background and connections. When the uncle of the victim argued with the police, he was beaten to death, and his wife was also severely beaten by the police.

It started with mass protesting of local students on the street, which was brutally suppressed by the police. Soon the anger spreaded to almost the entire population of the town. The police department was surrounded by tens of thousands of people demanding an investigation into the incident.

Indian Immigrants Dominated PERM

In the first half year of 2008, 24,300 PERMs were granted. Applicants came from 150 countries and regions, but Indians dominated the pool with 8127 approved cases, followed by Chinese 1809, Korean 1654, Filipinos 1631, Mexican 1461, Canadian 1340.

Swimming in a River of Blood

This painting titled 'Swimming Mao' was created by a Chinese artist Gaoqiang, and many thanks to a tip from Benjamin Harris.

The painting depicted Mao Zedong swimming across the Yangtze River on the eve of the Great Cultural Revolution in 1966. It's a symbol of Mao's reviving vigorous thirsty of power, and a prelude of the chaos in which 3 million Chinese to be killed. Who said there was no performance artist in China in 1966?

Popular Names of the Supreme Court Justices

List of Most Popular Names of the US Supreme Court Justices:

1. John 13 Justices (#19, 2007)
   
2. William 11 (#8)
   
3. Samuel 5 (#25)
   
4. James 4 (#15)
   
5. Charles 3 (#62)
   
6. Henry 3 (#91)
   
7. Joseph 3 (#13)
   
8. Robert 3 (#47)
   

List of Most Popular Names of the US Supreme Court Justices in the Last 60 Years (for What It Matters), from 1940:

1. John (1955-1971, 1975-, John Roberts 2005-)
   
2. William (William Rehnquist 1956-1990, 1972-2005)
   

A War Lost

Chinese on both sides of the Taiwan Straits lost in battles against Japanese's aggression.

Taiwan canceled a planned protesting trip of its navy fleet in the disputed Diaoyutai area. Both Beijing and Taipei recognize Taipei is directly in charge of the islands. The president Ma Ying-Jeou explained that what he meant the other day that he would launch a war against Japan's aggressions was a war in the international court, rather than on the open sea.


Beijing signed a treaty with Japan, and basically agreed with all Japanese claims on Chinese territory. Any opposing opinions were prohibited from appearing on any media or the Internet. There's no apparent reason to explain why did the communism government made the deal, other than to make Japanese leaders a happy guest in the summer Olympic to be held in a couple of months in Beijing.

That Dame Olympic Game!

Another Year on Occupied Islands

3:50 in the morning of June 16, 2008, Taiwan Coast Guard escorted a civilian boat to the Diaoyutai. Taiwan Coast Guard was authorized to open fire if proved by the Japanese warship in the disputed Diaoyutai area.

Taipei government ordered the Coast Guard to upgrade its fleet to match their Japanese counterparts to better Protect Taiwan fishermen's interest in the area. Beijing government is facing mounting criticism from its people, especially the increasingly vocal online community on its soft stance on Sino-Japanese issue. Many argued the two party must hold hands in defending the country, just as they did during World War II.