China extending the sphere of political influence
The dowager empress used to be more powerful than the princeling on the throne. She used to rule the roost through her eunuchs. Are the Chinese likely to revert to that system? No, certainly not.
ONE WHO pays the piper dictates the tune – that is as true today as it was many millennia ago. The world press is going gaga over the Help Africa programme of China. Wen Jiabao, the Prime Minister of China, currently visiting the dark continent of Africa, has announced that his country would spend 10 billion US dollars in the next two years on the backward nations of Africa. Besides that, China has also waived the various amounts of loan that some African countries owed to her.
RULING WITH AN IRON HAND
Avid readers of newspapers may recall that mid-year this year, there was ethnic unrest leading to large-scale violence in the western province of Xinjiang of the People’s Republic of China. The original residents of the area, Uighurs who are Muslims went on a rampage in the capital of the province, Urumqi and killed or wounded many new settlers, the Han Chinese who are predominantly Buddhists and some are atheists.
Their property was damaged or destroyed as the local police was caught unawares. The Han Chinese took out a counter-procession next day to punish the Uighurs but were prevented by the police and the militia. The relationship between the two ethnic groups soured further when the Han Chinese were stabbed by Uighurs with needles. Some say that the needles were infected with the AIDS virus. In any case, the State of China could not have remained a silent spectator when its authority was being challenged by some separatist elements under inspiration of neighbouring Muslim groups.
The Central and the provincial governments swung into action and arrested the mischief mongers and brought them before courts of law to stand trial. Now the news has come that nine ethnic Uighur Muslims were found guilty of murder and other serious charges and were sentenced to death. Their sentence was confirmed by the People’s Supreme Court and now they have been executed. One who favours the rule of law will indeed admire the firm handling of the ethnic trouble by the authorities and quick dispensation of justice by the judiciary.
MALE HAREM OF CHINESE GODMOTHER
Conventionally it is the king who keeps a Harem of pretty damsels to live a life of physical satisfaction. However, history tells us that there have been instances where the dowager empress of the Chinese empire maintained a full-fledged male harem to live a life of lust. She would command the attendance of the most muscular and virile man when and where she needed him.
Strange were the ways of royalty. Now an incident has come to light in Chongqing, China where a woman of influence and opulence maintained a male harem of 16 lovers to live a lustful life. The 46-year old Xie Caiping was the uncrowned queen of the underworld competing with the dowager empress of yore. Dubbed the godmother, she could have work done her way by hook or crook. Her dubious empire came to an end when she was sentenced to 18 years imprisonment for running illegal casinos and bribing government officials.
Xie Caiping is the only woman gangster to be tried and put in prison where she cannot ride her Mercedes Benz that she was so proud of. Her driver and lover, Luo Xuan, 29, was also sentenced to imprisonment for four and a half years for his role in this sordid drama. The moral of the story is: crime does not pay in the long run.
Avid readers of newspapers may recall that mid-year this year, there was ethnic unrest leading to large-scale violence in the western province of Xinjiang of the People’s Republic of China. The original residents of the area, Uighurs who are Muslims went on a rampage in the capital of the province, Urumqi and killed or wounded many new settlers, the Han Chinese who are predominantly Buddhists and some are atheists.
Their property was damaged or destroyed as the local police was caught unawares. The Han Chinese took out a counter-procession next day to punish the Uighurs but were prevented by the police and the militia. The relationship between the two ethnic groups soured further when the Han Chinese were stabbed by Uighurs with needles. Some say that the needles were infected with the AIDS virus. In any case, the State of China could not have remained a silent spectator when its authority was being challenged by some separatist elements under inspiration of neighbouring Muslim groups.
The Central and the provincial governments swung into action and arrested the mischief mongers and brought them before courts of law to stand trial. Now the news has come that nine ethnic Uighur Muslims were found guilty of murder and other serious charges and were sentenced to death. Their sentence was confirmed by the People’s Supreme Court and now they have been executed. One who favours the rule of law will indeed admire the firm handling of the ethnic trouble by the authorities and quick dispensation of justice by the judiciary.
MALE HAREM OF CHINESE GODMOTHER
Conventionally it is the king who keeps a Harem of pretty damsels to live a life of physical satisfaction. However, history tells us that there have been instances where the dowager empress of the Chinese empire maintained a full-fledged male harem to live a life of lust. She would command the attendance of the most muscular and virile man when and where she needed him.
Strange were the ways of royalty. Now an incident has come to light in Chongqing, China where a woman of influence and opulence maintained a male harem of 16 lovers to live a lustful life. The 46-year old Xie Caiping was the uncrowned queen of the underworld competing with the dowager empress of yore. Dubbed the godmother, she could have work done her way by hook or crook. Her dubious empire came to an end when she was sentenced to 18 years imprisonment for running illegal casinos and bribing government officials.
Xie Caiping is the only woman gangster to be tried and put in prison where she cannot ride her Mercedes Benz that she was so proud of. Her driver and lover, Luo Xuan, 29, was also sentenced to imprisonment for four and a half years for his role in this sordid drama. The moral of the story is: crime does not pay in the long run.
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