As China finds bigger place in world affairs, its wealth breeds hostility – China News

www.washingtonpost.com — BISHKEK, KYRGYZSTAN - In a spasm of violence this spring, an angry mob toppled the Kyrgyzstan president, torched his office and ransacked other buildings associated with his hated authoritarian regime. The crowd then turned on a less obvious target: a popular Chinese-owned shopping mall stuffed with cheap clothes and electronics from China. Armed with iron bars and clubs, the mob stormed into the Guoying center in the middle of the night, looting, smashing and then burning...

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As China finds bigger place in world affairs, its wealth breeds hostility

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Ryan 1 year 22 weeks ago

Am I missing the connection or is that a completely random capture from the movie "Shanghai"? :-)

Stuart 1 year 22 weeks ago

LOL. Yeah, I was wondering about that myself - but that was the image that accompanied the story, so I went with it.

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