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Preserve social harmony. Violators will be punished.

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The Beijing News
November 27, 2007

The Beijing News announces the publication of the first images of the moon shot by the Chang'e probe. The photos, which were revealed yesterday, represent the successful completion of Chang'e's primary task.

The front page photo shows discharged armed police taking a train back to their homes. The police, who served with the Tian'anmen detachment, find their departure from the military hard to accept.

Other headlines:

• Several days ago, a pregnant women died in the hospital because her husband refused to give his permission for a necessary operation. Yesterday, the deceased's father arrived in Beijing; he is preparing to sue his son-in-law and the hospital;

• China ordered 160 Airbus aircraft, worth more than 17.4 billion dollars;

• Because of construction on the Beijing-Tianjian Railway, some parts of the Jingjintang Expressway will be limited next month, said the Beijing Traffic Management Bureau;

• The State Administration of Industry and Commerce published a new regulation yesterday that prohibits sales promotions of goods below cost;

• On October 4, 2005, a bus tickets clerk strangled a young girl to death during an argument. This case sparked discussion both on and off line at the time. Yesterday, the Beijing Intermediate Court ordered the defendant to pay the victim's parents 750,000 yuan in total compensation, 200,000 more than the decision in the first trial. The court found that in addition to causing the death of the girl, the bus clerk violated social harmony.

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"The front page photo shows discharged armed police taking a train back to their homes. The police, who served with the Tian'anmen detachment, find their departure from the military hard to accept."

Regarding this I have a few questions...

Can they re-enlist?
Will they get employment assistance?
Do they get a pension?
Basically what happens to a soldier once their commitment is over?

There was a good article in the 8 Nov Economist on demobilized soldiers, which closes with particularly strong language:

"Hu Xingdou, of the Beijing Institute of Technology, says peasant-soldiers are the government's biggest headache. Taught idealism in the army, he says, they go back to no work and a countryside rife with corruption. Former soldiers, he says, are often at the forefront of peasant unrest. Let the party beware."

The Economist article references a paper by Dr. Yu Jianrong which predicts that "[i]n the next decade or two, China will likely enter a period of frequent social conflict." It doesn't say anything that hasn't been said before, but does provide a neat summary of the large social problems facing the country.

I know. Too many comments from me. Forget the messenger - read the articles.

Cheers

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