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Apology by text message 11:15am on 02 Jan 2009 Good to have you back James!

It seems a bit unnecessary that the police would need to interfere with a press conference like this and stop 5 people from attending. It doesn't seem to be a threat to anyone, just some parents sharing their grief.

It seems kind of cool to have this text message service, I don't think we have anything like this in Australia. It seems a nice gesture from the company to openly apologize in this way. It makes a nice change from Chinese history which seems to prefer denying mistakes...
Curious convoy 2:19pm on 17 Nov 2008 I am a long time reader from Australia with no Chinese background I enjoy reading this blog and the valuable insight it gives into the lives of ordinary Chinese especially through the comments posted in reaction to your stories. I have read numerous comments from people (Chinese Citizens?) complaining about bias in your reporting James. I must say that I have dismissed most of these as typical responses from Chinese citizens when how they live and what their government does is criticised.

However with this post I can clearly see bias. How can seeing a convoy of police vehicles be linked in the last sentence to"show that the authorities in this part of China have the resources to deal with social unrest if more people lose their jobs because of the world's financial crisis." This is streaching the story pretty far without you even discovering what they were doing this particular time. Evey major city has a police force with "dozens of motorbikes, several vans, and an armoured car" and a few police vehicles is hardly a defense from massive internal unrest that job losses from a global slowdown would create. This just seems a feeble attempt to play up the angle that the Chinese have a vast unsatisfied population that are on the edge of massive social unrest. To conclude this from seeing one police convoy is purely a beat up.

The reason that these vehicles are in a convoy on display is the real story here and I am disappointed that you did not see it fit to follow this convoy and discover its purpose. Is it just a transfer? Was there a protest or some internal unrest? Does the government of china feel the need for such a show of force at this time? Why would such a show be needed? These are the real questions and its really disapointing you fail to answer any of them.

Thanks
Aussie Bogan

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