Hundreds of Chinese gathered in Beijing and Shanghai to extend the "Jasmine Revolution" of Arab countries to China in a few incidents that left without violence but with several arrests. As reported by the official press and Boxun, one of the websites which published the call for such events in Beijing at least two people were arrested by authorities in the central street of Wangfujing, the main commercial artery of the capital and located a few hundred meters from Tiananmen Square, scene of the tragic 1989 protests.
One of the detainees was an elderly person who rebuked the agents, and another a young man who left a jasmine flower next to a McDonalds restaurant chain in that street, the shop where the protest had been called. "I'm trying to do something for my country, to show my power," said a young student, when asked why he went outside the local McDonald's.
The crowd, including some curious, was confronted by police who dispersed them, shouting: "Move, move." According to the official Xinhua news agency there were violent clashes when police rushed to the scene of the protest, according to the information because people "were dispersed when police arrived to maintain order." In Shanghai there were minor incidents between the authorities and a group of people gathered at a Starbucks in the city, also responding to the notice published in Boxun, websites hosted in the United States had called for demonstrations in 10 other Chinese cities, although is not known whether conducted.
Three men in their 20 years were taken to a police station following an altercation with the officers. Two elders said they had arrived on the scene to protest the country's corrupt legal system and police brutality. "We protest against the injustice of the legal system. They arrest anyone indiscriminately and then beat them, "said an old woman.
Those of yesterday are the first attempts at protest taking place in China as an echo of which has been in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Libya, Algeria, Bahrain and other Arab countries. Censorship by the Chinese government has even tried to block this weekend the word "jasmine" (in reference to the "Jasmine Revolution" of Arab countries) in micro-and other Internet forums.
On Saturday, Chinese President Hu Jintao ordered more strictly control the flow of internet. The Chinese government fears that in the coming months to increase social instability, rather than by political circumstances by rising inflation in the country, which has resulted in increases in food prices up 10% yoy and a CPI rise of 4.5 percent January.
On Saturday announced increases of 4.6% in fuel prices. In 1989, the Tiananmen pro-democracy protests took place in a context of strong discontent among China's population to the economic situation of the time, while in 1988 inflation had been 18 percent. 
One of the detainees was an elderly person who rebuked the agents, and another a young man who left a jasmine flower next to a McDonalds restaurant chain in that street, the shop where the protest had been called. "I'm trying to do something for my country, to show my power," said a young student, when asked why he went outside the local McDonald's.
The crowd, including some curious, was confronted by police who dispersed them, shouting: "Move, move." According to the official Xinhua news agency there were violent clashes when police rushed to the scene of the protest, according to the information because people "were dispersed when police arrived to maintain order." In Shanghai there were minor incidents between the authorities and a group of people gathered at a Starbucks in the city, also responding to the notice published in Boxun, websites hosted in the United States had called for demonstrations in 10 other Chinese cities, although is not known whether conducted.
Three men in their 20 years were taken to a police station following an altercation with the officers. Two elders said they had arrived on the scene to protest the country's corrupt legal system and police brutality. "We protest against the injustice of the legal system. They arrest anyone indiscriminately and then beat them, "said an old woman.
Those of yesterday are the first attempts at protest taking place in China as an echo of which has been in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Libya, Algeria, Bahrain and other Arab countries. Censorship by the Chinese government has even tried to block this weekend the word "jasmine" (in reference to the "Jasmine Revolution" of Arab countries) in micro-and other Internet forums.
On Saturday, Chinese President Hu Jintao ordered more strictly control the flow of internet. The Chinese government fears that in the coming months to increase social instability, rather than by political circumstances by rising inflation in the country, which has resulted in increases in food prices up 10% yoy and a CPI rise of 4.5 percent January.
On Saturday announced increases of 4.6% in fuel prices. In 1989, the Tiananmen pro-democracy protests took place in a context of strong discontent among China's population to the economic situation of the time, while in 1988 inflation had been 18 percent.
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