Comments on: The New Trend in China—Official Non-Enforcement. http://silkroadintl.net/blog/2008/01/04/the-new-trend-in-china%e2%80%94official-non-enforcement/ Your Branch Office in Asia Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:52:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: spambait http://silkroadintl.net/blog/2008/01/04/the-new-trend-in-china%e2%80%94official-non-enforcement/comment-page-1/#comment-5 spambait Fri, 04 Jan 2008 18:44:01 +0000 http://silkroadintl.net/blog/2008/01/04/the-new-trend-in-china%e2%80%94official-non-enforcement/#comment-5 "private citizens policing the actions of other private citizens" is not new at all in China. This has been used ever since CPC was formed. All power struggles in the last seven decades were all done with "people policing people". This was formalized at some stage by appointing old women in each block of houses to officially keeping an eye on each family, and investigate all goings on, including those in bedrooms, and take action whenever possible - possible, not necessary. During the "anti-right", "anti-landowner", "anti counter revolutionary", cultural revolution, anti-gang-of-four, and all other programs, children are expected to tell on their parents and siblings, students to tell on their teachers and friends, workers to tell on their supervisors/manager/business owner/colleaques, on whatever real or speculated "crime". This is the way CPC has built up its influence (fear) among their victims, and is a well used, well practised skill. “private citizens policing the actions of other private citizens” is not new at all in China. This has been used ever since CPC was formed. All power struggles in the last seven decades were all done with “people policing people”. This was formalized at some stage by appointing old women in each block of houses to officially keeping an eye on each family, and investigate all goings on, including those in bedrooms, and take action whenever possible – possible, not necessary.

During the “anti-right”, “anti-landowner”, “anti counter revolutionary”, cultural revolution, anti-gang-of-four, and all other programs, children are expected to tell on their parents and siblings, students to tell on their teachers and friends, workers to tell on their supervisors/manager/business owner/colleaques, on whatever real or speculated “crime”.

This is the way CPC has built up its influence (fear) among their victims, and is a well used, well practised skill.

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