Riots

[manu1959]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_riots#21st_century

odd the number of riots in china...............

21st century
2002 - Chinese textile worker riot, [3] (Shuikou, Guangdong, China)
2003 - Riot over bad policy during a SARS outbreak, [4], (Xiandie, China)
2004 - Chinese riot in response to a beating, [6] (Guangdong, China)
2004 - Citizens in Benghu riot in response to inflating prices and poor healthcare, [7], (Anhui, China)
2004 - Farmers riot when their land is taken and given to real-estate companies, [8], (Zhengzhou, China)
2004 - Chinese soccer fans riot when a Japanese team wins the final, [9], (Beijing, China)
2005 - Anti-Japanese riots, April 2005, Beijing, Shenzhen and Guangzhou, China
2005 - Chinese worker riot, [10] July 2005, (Xizhou, China)
2005 - Riots in response to land taken for a powerplant, [11], (Shenyou, China)
2005 - Riots over excessive pollution, [12], (Zhejiang, China)
2006 - Shengda Economics, Trade and Management College diploma riot [16]
2006 - Riot after a hospital doesn't treat a patient, [17], (Sichuan, China)
2006 - Riot over government response to a whistleblower, [18], (Shandong, China)
2006 - Riot follows after a traffic accident incites violence, [19], (Chizhou, China)
2006 - Riot over a land dispute, [20], (Sanzhou, China)
2007 - Riot starts when a company takes over the bus routes and doubles the fares, [21], (Zhushan, China)

[Mr. P]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_riots#21st_century

odd the number of riots in china...............

21st century
2002 - Chinese textile worker riot, [3] (Shuikou, Guangdong, China)
2003 - Riot over bad policy during a SARS outbreak, [4], (Xiandie, China)
2004 - Chinese riot in response to a beating, [6] (Guangdong, China)
2004 - Citizens in Benghu riot in response to inflating prices and poor healthcare, [7], (Anhui, China)
2004 - Farmers riot when their land is taken and given to real-estate companies, [8], (Zhengzhou, China)
2004 - Chinese soccer fans riot when a Japanese team wins the final, [9], (Beijing, China)
2005 - Anti-Japanese riots, April 2005, Beijing, Shenzhen and Guangzhou, China
2005 - Chinese worker riot, [10] July 2005, (Xizhou, China)
2005 - Riots in response to land taken for a powerplant, [11], (Shenyou, China)
2005 - Riots over excessive pollution, [12], (Zhejiang, China)
2006 - Shengda Economics, Trade and Management College diploma riot [16]
2006 - Riot after a hospital doesn't treat a patient, [17], (Sichuan, China)
2006 - Riot over government response to a whistleblower, [18], (Shandong, China)
2006 - Riot follows after a traffic accident incites violence, [19], (Chizhou, China)
2006 - Riot over a land dispute, [20], (Sanzhou, China)
2007 - Riot starts when a company takes over the bus routes and doubles the fares, [21], (Zhushan, China)

Tainted rice?

[diuretic]

Not odd at all. Most of those riots took place outside the major areas of Beijing and Shanghai. Guess where all the money is going? Guess who's losing - rural areas. The peasants are revolting. They need another revolution to turf out the corrupt totalitarians running the show.

[82Marine89]

Not odd at all. Most of those riots took place outside the major areas of Beijing and Shanghai. Guess where all the money is going? Guess who's losing - rural areas. The peasants are revolting. They need another revolution to turf out the corrupt totalitarians running the show.

That would work for Mexico as well.

[diuretic]

That would work for Mexico as well.

Not a bad idea, except I doubt the privation has reached the depths it has in China.