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Fallen peacekeepers laid to restPosted by Joel Martinsen on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 4:55 PM
Yesterday, a funeral was held for the eight Chinese police officers who lost their lives in Haiti, where they were serving in the UN mission when the earthquake struck. As it has for the past three days, the story dominated today's front pages, but there was more variety in presentation compared to the previous days. The Chengdu Evening News presented a photo of the motorcade as it passed through Tiananmen Square on its way to the Babaoshan cemetary. Two different views of the procession on foot were found on the cover of Yunnan's New Life Post and the Beijing Times. The Beijing Evening News ran a photo of the coffins lying in the Babaoshan memorial hall over the text of "On the Road" (在路上), a song made famous by pop star Liu Huan (and most recently heard as the theme song to the "Win in China" reality show). |
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Comments on Fallen peacekeepers laid to rest
Now do these fellows get to be buried full body due to their "martyr" status or will they be cremated like lao bai xin as well?
Here's a link to an interesting article regarding continued shenanigans over at the Chinese Football Association (CFA/足协). I think it might be worth translating. link
I do some part-time (very part-time) work for the CFA as an assistant match official and know quite a few people who work there. Today at lunch, one of my colleagues and I spent a good hour discussing a MASSIVE scandal which has not been reported in the Chinese press. In the event that it does come to light, I'm thinking that Danwei might like to get a leg up on the competition by beginning with this essay.
I knew that CFA was dirty, but I had no idea how dirty until today. FIFA too. This deserves more attention, I think.
CDT posted something in early Jan 2010 about the arrest of 20 or so people involved in match fixing, etc. This essay fits nicely with that one.
(Sorry for hijacking the thread. It's much easier than looking up your email address and sending a proper email.)
Interesting question. I am not sure but if you search Babaoshan in Chinese you could find tons of reports with titles such as xxx's body was cremated at Babaoshan and President Hu went to the ceremony. So I guess no exception for them.
@LoveChinaLongTim
This is where you get it wrong, the higher your status, the more likely you're get cremated and dumped either into the sea or yellow river. Of course, if you're high status and hated, you're be made into dry meat against your wishes so people can spit on you later.