One more for the weekend ! HangZhou ZhongCe Rubber Co ,Ltd

In 1958 a LTD company was established in Hangzhou making rubber products - HangZhou ZhongCe Rubber Co ,Ltd.
I am not an expert - in 1958 there was already LTD companies existing in China ?
This is some "kind of advertisement" - enjoy:

Donald Tsang once again

So here is Donald Tsang once again talking about the civil servants etc.
By the way: The criticism was coming from Mr Wang Guangya the "Beijing watchdog for HK SAR & Macao". I can understand some of the complains of Mr Wang...but does your administration / civil servants give a good example to follow ? Think about it - its always easy to complain on the others - but better first check if your own house is under control.

Kubrick for your weekend !

You haven't watched a movie until you've watched Kubrick. Here an excellent cut of Kubricks movies. In perfect synch.
Have a nice weekend.

Update: Wenzhou train accident: Get the cash & shut up !

Oooops - quick money for the relatives / families of the Wenzhou train accident.
That S M E L L S !
Please read here
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Wenzhou Train Crash Families Paid Off by Authorities
Urged to sign quickly and cremate the bodies fast for a bonus

By Chen Yilian
Epoch Times StaffCreated: Jul 29, 2011

Family members grieve after identifying a loved one's body. (STR/AFP Getty Images)

The compensation agreement offered to families of victims of July 23’s Chinese bullet train collision by the Ministry of Railways has raised eyebrows. In exchange for the payment, the families must cremate the victims as soon as possible. And the agreement includes a “bonus” for quick cremation, which has inevitably been viewed as a means of trying to stem more negative fallout.

The Ministry of Railways stipulated that the families who accept the negotiation and sign the agreement shortly after the crash could receive an amount in the tens of thousands of yuan as a cash bonus.

So when a family member of Lin Yan, a victim of the crash, for example, signed an agreement with the Steering Committee of the Incident Management Task Force at 1:00 am on July 26, she received 500,000 yuan ($77,600): 450,000 yuan ($69,840) was compensation, while 50,000 yuan ($7,760) was a bonus for signing the agreement soon after the incident.

Family members that accept financial compensation are also reported to be signing away their rights to pursue legal action against the authorities in future.

After hearing about this, Shu Kexin of the Chinese People’s University Public Policy Research Center commented in his blog that using the term “bonus” gives the impression that the authorities are eager to finalize the incident quickly, with minimal fuss, and that they don’t care enough about the families.

A resident of Wenzhou City surnamed Cheng told The Epoch Times that this incident should be dealt with from a humanitarian perspective. He said: “Urging the families of the victims to sign the agreement as soon as possible is trying to smooth over the incident, so as not to make things worse. However, family affection is priceless, and it is meaningless no matter how much money is paid, as the beloved ones can never come back. Being a third party, I think the amount of the compensation, 500,000 yuan, is way too low.”

The family member of another victim named Li Jianzhong, 44, concurred: “Now that the identity of the victims has been confirmed, I wonder why the authorities do not allow the families of the victims to claim the remains. That’s the first thing that should be dealt with. Now that they are dead, the amount of compensation is of secondary importance.”
The handling of the disaster has faced much similar criticism. People wonder why the wrecked cars, along with victims’ remains, were buried so quickly and why names of the victims were not released promptly—and have still not been released. Though it had been announced that there were no signs of life in the fallen cars, an injured child was later rescued.

Another contested issue is why the Railway Ministry, which is responsible for the accident, should be allowed to conduct its own investigation; many are now calling for an independent investigation.
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Nice !
I am quite curious how & when they will get this payout.
Cash ?
By TT from Beijing into their bank account if they have one ?
So in generally a persons life is less than USD 100,000 worth in China.
Good to know.
Here the list of the victims - it was said that 2 Americans also have died - this must be the number 6 & 26 on the list.

Sir Donald also talking now !

Here some response regarding the remarks of the Beijing General Manager for HK SAR Mr Wang. Donald Tsang is speaking. Honestly we do not need to love both of them.
Mr Wang ? I have no idea - but I guess he comes out of a political gang trying already to influx on Hong Kong as much as possible. One country - two systems ? 2046 is still some time to go guys !
This is from our beloved THE STANDARD:
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Tsang deflects Wang criticism of SAR teamDiana Lee and Colleen Lee Friday, July 29, 2011
Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen yesterday brushed aside criticism that the SAR's civil servants are weak in long-term planning.
His remarks came two days after Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office director Wang Guangya said in Beijing that local civil servants are not bossy enough. Wang urged the government to work more on long-term planning.
On his Facebook page, Upper Albert Road, Tsang said: "The team of the SAR government, be it political appointees or civil servants, has long been working for Hong Kong's long-term interests. We set out policies together.
"In the policy address to be delivered in October this year, we hope to put forth feasible short-term, mid-term and long-term measures to handle housing and home ownership problems, ease the income gap, raise the living standard of grassroots people, improve retirement protection schemes and provide better support for the elderly."
Tsang said in the past few years many of the policies introduced involved long-term planning, including the launch of major infrastructure projects, developing six industries, the minimum wage and putting forth political reform.
These, he said, pushed Hong Kong's development in the political, economic and social arenas.
The government will launch a joint consultation for this year's policy address and next year's budget which will help ensure policies set out will be financially supported, he said.
Meanwhile, Executive Council convener Leung Chun-ying disagreed with speculation that Wang's remarks were aimed at the chief executive.
"The central government has been supporting the chief executive's governance according to the law," he said. However, Leung did not say who Wang may have been referring to in his comments to a group of SAR university students in Beijing.
Leung, tipped as a contender in next year's chief executive election, praised civil servants as professional, capable and diligent, and had adapted to changing times according to the needs of society.
He said effective governance relies on long-term planning and professional execution along with understanding of social phenomena and structural conflicts such as poverty and economic development.
"In the past it was the British who mapped out the planning that was executed by Hong Kong's civil servants. Since the handover, it was Hong Kong people governing Hong Kong," Leung said.
"Hong Kong people need to plan as well as execute [policies]."
Leung said civil servants have faced a greater workload since the handover with the same manpower, as society has become more politicized.
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Mr Wang Guangya is talking..........

The general manager from Beijing overseeing the Hong Kong SAR & Macao made some comments about Hong Kong civil servants. The first hit out was indirectly against the 1997 ended british administration. But he did hit out more - very nice packaged and very indirect - but it seems he has meant the top of the Hong Kong "Government". So ? 2046 is still some time to go.......but guys like Mr Wang will mostly not have the pleasure to see that day of the 1st of July 2046 !
Here some of the news readings about that:
Very short message from RTHK - click it !
And here our beloved THE STANDARD - click it !
SCMP: Civil servants hitting back - click it !
China Daily: HK Edition - click it !
Harmony seems to be one of the most favourite words of chinese officials:
"On the upcoming elections, Mr Wang hoped that they could be conducted in a harmonious way."
With elections I guess he means the next HK CE "election" which is conducted by 1,200 people - isn't it ?
Happy (ahhh harmonious) elctions from my side then !
A harmonious cheers from Mr Wang himself here (but it looks like water only...............):

Update: Wenzhou train accident

Mr. Wen going there himself - then you need to consider the problem as serious or the other way around the concerns of the Government as very serious.
Please see the video here:

Up-date: Train accident

China wants to sell / export their train - technology ? Yes maybe workable - but do not export
your managers or officials please ! They are weak & corrupt !

Riot in south China after death of fruit vendor

It seems they never learn. Please read the below and think about it.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - Angry residents in a southern Chinese city went on the rampage after officials apparently beat to death a disabled fruit vendor, a state media said on Wednesday, in the latest incident of social unrest in the world's second-largest economy.

The China Daily said that thousands of people gathered on the streets of Anshun in Guizhou province on Tuesday afternoon, throwing stones at police and overturning a government vehicle.

The riot was sparked after urban management officers -- a quasi-police force that enforces laws against begging and other petty offences -- were suspected of beating the vendor to death, the newspaper said.

"The unidentified vendor died in front of the gate of a market ... which led to the gathering of the local people," it cited a government statement as saying.

"Before the incident occurred, urban management officers were working in the area," it added, saying the statement gave no other details.

The newspaper showed a picture of an urban management vehicle which had been overturned, along with smashed windows and doors that had been torn off.

Xinhua news agency said around 30 protesters and 10 police officers were injured in the unrest.

The elder brother of the dead man has "consented to (an)autopsy and asked police to seek justice", it added. "Police are questioning six city management staff members involved in the case."

Footage on China's popular Youku.com website, the country's answer to YouTube, showed a large crowed gathered in the street, and what seemed to be a body on the ground shaded by umbrellas.

An overturned vehicle could be seen in the distance, along with many police officers and a black armored car used by China's riot police.

Reuters could not authenticate the footage, nor when it was taken. Calls to the Anshun government seeking comment went unanswered.

"It was a total mess," one onlooker surnamed Jiang told the China Daily. "The people threw stones at the police officers and my feet were hit by flying rocks."

Hong Kong's Ming Pao newspaper said that the police used water cannons to disperse the protesters, who finally left the scene late in the evening.

In 2008, crowds stormed police and government headquarters in another part of Guizhou after allegations spread that police had covered up the rape and murder of a local teenage girl, seeking to protect the son of a local official.

China's stability-obsessed rulers get nervous about any sort of protest or unrest.

Earlier this month, a court in the southern export hub of Guangdong province jailed 11 people for their roles in riots that hit a city there in June.

In 2007, China had more than 80,000 "mass incidents", up from more than 60,000 in 2006, according to the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Many involved no more than dozens protesting against local officials over complaints about corruption, abuse of power, pollution or poor wages.

No authoritative estimates of the number of protests, riots and mass petitions since then have been released.

(Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Alex Richardson)
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I am trying to find the related video footage of this riot. Here it is some footage at least:

See the police arriving here: