Ornamental jasmine growing in Daxing, on the rural fringe of Beijing.
As the Middle-East revolts stir up countries with every passing day, it seems as if a new decade of revolution awaits them.With people across countries gathering up in unified forms to bring democracy and justice back on track and lives to normalcy, it is very much evident that no longer shall any tyrannical force be allowed to survive and ruin citizens' lives.Restoring socio-economic welfare and human rights has been the ultimate goal of these protesters.Following the Arab nations, there have been strong cases of pro-democracy eruptions in China as well, since early this year.
Agitators took to the streets in Beijing in the month of late February, and crowds of hundreds of people gathered in cities such as- Shanghai.Following this, the police arrested many activists and tried to disperse the crowds.The agitations were related to the lines of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, when thousands of people took part on the demonstrations against the government and its laws.Due to the resistance that occurred in February,many websites and video links relating to the Middle-East crisis and news reports were blocked by internet censors.With Google and Facebook already banned in the state, it became a mighty task to get connected to any information regarding the Arab nations' protests.
In order to avoid any new disruptions, the Chinese government has now banned the distribution or circulation of jasmine flowers in the cities.Following the name 'Jasmine Revolution', that ignited all these rallies and gatherings in the nations of Tunisia, Egypt and Libya; the Chinese law forces have started taking strict measures to avoid any type of object or its symbolism that can lead to protests.Even web searches for the name 'jasmine' have been blocked.All these and many more strict measures have been taken by the Chinese forces to implement law and order in the Communist Republic of China.The arrest of Nobel Peace Prize winner 2010, Liu Xiaobo for his human rights advocacy in China, and the artist Ai Weiwei, for his ideas on justice and freedom in China have been much talked about lately, putting a question on China's domestic policies.
What lies ahead for China or its citizens is only a myriad of questions that need to be answered specifically.How the Chinese citizens take their governing system?Do they believe in following it as per their communist ideals? Does blocking the websites to information and banning the distribution of flowers, the correct way of dealing with the protesters and the citizens alike?How does one respect and reprimand someone at the same time?One has to realise that,it is not a case of convicts trying to escape, but a case of people of the same land as their governors are, trying to justify their ways of being administered and monitored in their homeland.While, the game of protests may have started out with a pop and extinguished soon; there is no doubt that clouds of persistent revolts still envelope the country.A game of Chinese whisper perhaps?
Agitators took to the streets in Beijing in the month of late February, and crowds of hundreds of people gathered in cities such as- Shanghai.Following this, the police arrested many activists and tried to disperse the crowds.The agitations were related to the lines of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, when thousands of people took part on the demonstrations against the government and its laws.Due to the resistance that occurred in February,many websites and video links relating to the Middle-East crisis and news reports were blocked by internet censors.With Google and Facebook already banned in the state, it became a mighty task to get connected to any information regarding the Arab nations' protests.
In order to avoid any new disruptions, the Chinese government has now banned the distribution or circulation of jasmine flowers in the cities.Following the name 'Jasmine Revolution', that ignited all these rallies and gatherings in the nations of Tunisia, Egypt and Libya; the Chinese law forces have started taking strict measures to avoid any type of object or its symbolism that can lead to protests.Even web searches for the name 'jasmine' have been blocked.All these and many more strict measures have been taken by the Chinese forces to implement law and order in the Communist Republic of China.The arrest of Nobel Peace Prize winner 2010, Liu Xiaobo for his human rights advocacy in China, and the artist Ai Weiwei, for his ideas on justice and freedom in China have been much talked about lately, putting a question on China's domestic policies.
What lies ahead for China or its citizens is only a myriad of questions that need to be answered specifically.How the Chinese citizens take their governing system?Do they believe in following it as per their communist ideals? Does blocking the websites to information and banning the distribution of flowers, the correct way of dealing with the protesters and the citizens alike?How does one respect and reprimand someone at the same time?One has to realise that,it is not a case of convicts trying to escape, but a case of people of the same land as their governors are, trying to justify their ways of being administered and monitored in their homeland.While, the game of protests may have started out with a pop and extinguished soon; there is no doubt that clouds of persistent revolts still envelope the country.A game of Chinese whisper perhaps?
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