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	Unrest in China

ouyangwulong

5-29-2007 10:54 PM

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china, unrest, riots, potential civil war

ouyangwulong says:

Few people appreciate exactly how wild-west it is out here. I'm going to do some checking on this topic in particular, and I'll comment with more details if I can find them...

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5-30-2007 8:27 AM

Socratoad

Thank you Austin. I've been hearing some reports on the CBC radio regarding this. The whole bloody situation sounds both medieval and surreal.

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