http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/paulmason/2008/07/guizhou_riot_was_comprehensive.html en-gb 30 Wed 06 Jan 2010 17:48:35 GMT+1 A feed of user comments from the page found at http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/paulmason/2008/07/guizhou_riot_was_comprehensive.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/paulmason/2008/07/guizhou_riot_was_comprehensive.html?page=0#comment0 GOVERNED AND GOVERNANCEWhat seems common, across the world, is that those in power are, as the old saw states, by their elevation, corrupted. When government sets the soldiers on the people, corruption is overt but when they play party political games, at obscene expense, with the (declining) mental and physical health of an entire nation, as here, the corruption is far more insidious, and needs a higher order of investigation. Decades ago we had the odd 'sage'; an a-political thorn in the side of our politically- mediated downward slide. Where are they now? Would they not have played a spotlight on the rot at home before scrutinising those awful foreigners? (I suspect a fearless delve into Britain's decay might receive more attention here than Chinese angst!) Thu 03 Jul 2008 09:47:29 GMT+1