"My father is Li Gang!" Imagine shouting this as you have just ran over two innocent college girls, expecting for your father's name "Li Gang" to keep you out of trouble. Can you imagine yourself shouting your important father's name out so the police does not take you into custody?
In chapter 7 of Countries and Concepts by Michael G. Roskin, China is discussed. This story is a true fact about a Chinese man who killed one girl out of the two that were injured and whose father was a well-known local deputy police chief. This man really did yell his father's name out because he thought his father's name would protect him. Eventually, the official press had to carry she story because of all the buzz it got and the driver was sentenced to six years. However, the victim's parents were bought off for an undisclosed amount.
I found an article in New York Times about a Chinese activist who was being held at Beijing's Detention Center and had called ill but Chinese authorities did not give her medical assistance until it was too late. The activist, Cao Shunli, was being held under the pretenses of "picking quarrels and and provoking trouble." All that Shunli was protesting for was for the public to be allowed to contribute to an official report on human rights that China submitted to the United Nations. Shunli was denied medical attentions purposely.
I specifically chose this article because I think it shows China's corruption. China would rather let a man who is a murderer go than an activist who might stain their "prestigious"name.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/15/world/asia/chinese-activist-dies-in-custody.html?ref=china&_r=0
"My father is Li Gang" shows how corrupt Chinese officials are, especially at a low ranking too because supervision is scarce. This also shows how the media is creating a firestorm of controversies. This li gang comment spread like wild fire thanks to weibo the chinese blog site. China does censor things on the internet, they will forcibly remove comments and articles written by the people but the internet is the same every where. Once something is posted, it is hard to ever get it back. Media is going to have a big impact in China in the future
ReplyDeletehow could someone do such a thing and think they could get away with it? Paola i like your blog because it shows that no one is above the even if it took this spreading like wildfire to get justice and even then it was not enough.
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