Re: Hunan rebellion

From Andrew Field <andrew.field@unsw.edu.au>
Date Wed, 14 Mar 2007 11:32:44 +1100
In-reply-to <6.2.5.6.0.20070313185341.04e68220@titan.iwu.edu>
References <952729.79780.qm@web31404.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <6.2.5.6.0.20070313185341.04e68220@titan.iwu.edu>

The term "rebellion" is fraught with all sorts of implications. I noticed that the news article uses the word saoluan "disturbance/ riot". Is there a sense that this is more than the usual peasant protest?


Andrew Field
Lecturer in History
University of New South Wales
Kensington, NSW 2031
Phone:  +61-2-9385-2287
Fax:  +61-2-9385-1251
Email:  andrew.field@unsw.edu.au
Websites:
http://history.arts.unsw.edu.au/afield/
http://shanghaijournal.squarespace.com
http://www.youtube.com/AndrewField



On 14/03/2007, at 10:57 AM, Tom Lutze wrote:


For any who have not yet heard, a major rebellion has broken out in Hunan, with a reported 20,000 participants and at least one student killed so far. Some 2000 military police have been called in to put down the protests.

See links: http://www7.chinesenewsnet.com/gb/MainNews/Forums/ BackStage/ 2007_3_13_14_45_1_23.html