CHINA
Hundreds of Chinese Army Veterans Visit Graves of Fallen in ProtestRADIO FREE ASIA
Several hundred former soldiers of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) from the southeastern province of Fujian have made a trip to the graves of those who died fighting during China’s short border war with Vietnam in 1979. Local governments are increasingly nervous that such events could turn into mass eruptions of anger over nonpayment of pensions and other benefits to PLA veterans. Leaked documents seen by RFA show a March 24 directive issued by Fujian’s Quanzhou police department warning local governments in Fujian about the possibility of “mass …read more
Source: Victims of Communism
