-Caveat Lector- 1999 to be an "interesting" year for China. Chinese Warlords anticipate the economic slowdown will get drastically worse. Already millions of recent unemployed and millions of poor angry farmers. flw South China Morning Post Tuesday January 5 1999 Big push to avoid unrest in 'key' year WILLY WO-LAP LAM Beijing is poised to hire up to 150,000 more paramilitary People's Armed Police officers to maintain order throughout 1999, deemed by some cadres as a make-or-break year for the Communist Party. A security source in Beijing said that in internal meetings, President Jiang Zemin and his colleagues had given more details on how to prevent unrest and promote stability. Mr Jiang was issuing his instructions in his capacity as head of the new Temporary Leading Group on Rectifying National Affairs. Mr Jiang said: "The party's political fortune in the 21st century may well depend on whether we can maintain stability in 1999". Most of the extra paramilitary officers would be recruited from demobilised soldiers from the regular army. Apart from pro-democracy activists, the leading group had identified three groups of "dangerous people", the source said. They were underground religious groups, illegal, wildcat trade unions and "social volunteers". The last group, deemed "destabilising" by Mr Jiang, were considered troublemakers who posed as volunteers. They were active in areas such as fighting for workers' and consumers' rights and environmental causes. Mr Jiang and other leading group members had urged that maximum attention be paid to preventing activists from forming national networks. Instructions have been given to the police, the Ministry of State Security and other relevant organs to detain dangerous elements "in good time" and to speed up the judicial procedures for their subsequent imprisonment. For example, dissidents who might stage demonstrations close to the 10th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown in June could be locked up well beforehand. Meanwhile, diplomatic sources have identified the other members of the leading group, which is empowered to use resources under the party, Government or army. It comprises: alternate member of the politburo Zeng Qinghong ; Minister of State Security Xu Yongyue ; Procurator-General Han Zhubin ; and Mr Jiang's adviser on ideology and propaganda Xing Bensi . Other experts sitting in on the meetings include scholars from the Chinese Academy of Science and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
