Riot in Weng'an County, Guizhou Province

This story, along with similar ones recounting public denouncements of officials and official rhetoric seems to show a growing cease of the general populace to be indifferent or passive any longer. It is as if the Chinese people, when confronted with so much corruption, are finally saying, "Enough!". While the violence is never warranted, perhaps a positive result can be obtained over time.

The readiness of people to believe such a story, that a party cadre protects his relative from punishment for a hideous crime, shows the sorry state of affairs in china, the low regard of the people for anything related to the political establishment.

The call for an impartial, fair and independent judiciary in china is loud and clear.