Family planning triggers disturbance in Guangxi

burning government offices at Bobai

ESWN translates reports about massive disturbances triggered off by rigid family policies in Guangxi province. In Bobai county, fights between local people and local governments have been reported in ten towns. Local family planning officials were told by officials higher in the command chain they had not done enough to maintain the family planning regulations.

Some reports, denied by the local government, spoke about five casualities. Rumors on larger scale demonstrations are also going around.

Since the beginning of this month, there has been continuous clashes in Bobai county. The biggest disturbance occurred at 11:40am on May 19. In Shabo town (Bobai county), a large number of citizens went to demonstrate at the Shabo town government office building to protest the brutal law enforcement. The officials had allegedly been apply the "Three Alls Policy 三光政策" (arrest everyone, fine everything, confiscate everything 抓光﹑罰光﹑抄光) to those citizens who violated the family planning strictures (note: the original Three Alls Policy is the Japanese scorched earth policy of 'kill all, loot all, burn all' during the WWII).