tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765307840677473617.post387142851108109129..comments2024-03-27T00:22:35.272-07:00Comments on EXSKF: China Cancels Construction of $6 Billion Nuclear Fuel Plant in Guandong Amid Strong Citizen Protestarevamirpal::laprimaverahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10637620330944911600noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765307840677473617.post-1391763525823599832013-07-14T18:12:44.888-07:002013-07-14T18:12:44.888-07:00A man might treat his fiancee better than he will ...A man might treat his fiancee better than he will treat her when she becomes a wife. Fearing that people might someday want a democratic government, the Chinese government may be more motivated than democratic governments to follow the wishes of its citizens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765307840677473617.post-61747280500195320352013-07-14T03:20:51.886-07:002013-07-14T03:20:51.886-07:00P.S. news that a few hundred protesters have been ...P.S. news that a few hundred protesters have been able to even just delay a multibillion nuclear project is also good news, of course.<br /><br />Kind of OT, has anyone seen on TV former prime minister Noda whining to Abe that he had been tricked into dissolving the parliament in exchange for a reform of the electoral law that never came by? He seemed to be on the verge of crying. Pathetic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765307840677473617.post-79642389177099174532013-07-14T02:34:51.502-07:002013-07-14T02:34:51.502-07:00@12:16 what I was trying to say is that protests a...@12:16 what I was trying to say is that protests are not a special event in China.<br /><br />In the specific, if a protest managed to stop for good the construction of such a large nuclear facility, which I guess the Chinese need badly if they want to contain the cost of running their npps, it would be huge news.<br /><br />Protests in Japan have been on the news for long time and I guess they helped keeping high the awareness of the nuclear issue. Then, how come the desire of a large majority of the Japanese to eventually abandon nuclear generation translates into so many seats to the LDP I have no idea :(<br /><br />BeppeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765307840677473617.post-82613987912271199222013-07-13T16:36:43.086-07:002013-07-13T16:36:43.086-07:00The key word here is 'for now'.
The Chines...The key word here is 'for now'.<br />The Chinese leadership imho is even more impervious to criticism than the Japanese, but they are quite willing to defuse opposition by tactical halts. <br />The local residents seem to have their leadership's number pretty much exactly. netudianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11726679291917155189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765307840677473617.post-35113903939745952182013-07-13T12:16:55.627-07:002013-07-13T12:16:55.627-07:00Beppe, that means hundreds of thousands of Japanes...Beppe, that means hundreds of thousands of Japanese are far less effective than hundreds of Chinese in stopping a nuke facility. So what happened when supposed hundreds of thousands who peacefully walked around in the center of Tokyo, shouting (or made to shout) "no restart"? Nothing.<br /><br />Not such a special event? Stopping, for now, the construction of the first nuclear fuel production plant in southern China is not a special event? Then what is, in your opinion?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765307840677473617.post-47027955136990247562013-07-13T10:28:07.631-07:002013-07-13T10:28:07.631-07:00Well, I am being told that there are *lots* of pro...Well, I am being told that there are *lots* of protests in China, although they get little coverage, so this one is not such a special event.<br />Maju, the last revolution in Japan dates to the beginning of the Meiji era, when the feudal lords have been overthrown by the burgeois. Allons enfants.<br />By the way, in this case the number of Chinese protesters is in the hundreds, orders of magnitude fewer than the Noda era nuclear protests...<br /><br />BeppeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765307840677473617.post-19270349423689702282013-07-13T03:31:52.756-07:002013-07-13T03:31:52.756-07:00Congratulations to Cantonese for this victory.
Y...Congratulations to Cantonese for this victory. <br /><br />You know why China yields and Japan doesn't: because Beijing truly fears an uprising while Tokyo does not. Protests can really get ugly in China, where there have been some very intense class struggles, especially in Greater Guangzhou and the authoritarian regime does not really know well when it may be overstepping its power, being fearful of popular anger. Nothing like that has ever happened in Japan, a country which has never experienced a social revolution AFAIK. Majuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369840391933337204noreply@blogger.com