The past couple or so weeks in CP has just been weird.
We keep on hearing about all sorts of things which really does not make sense i.e. BBS's open for a couple hours or so and all the chicken already flying the coop when we get there, KTV's sort of surreptitiously open with no F.S. (or in the case of the Mayflower - on the hot roof-top - what's the difference where they have the F.S. - if they raid the place, the LE won't know to go to the roof?). Saunas - managers not even picking up their phones - or if they do, giving you the third degree etc.
Worst of all is going to a KTV, all ready to party, got the gals no matter how miserable line-ups were, and then to be told that we had to go! On top of that, some friends even had to go through "false alarms" when they cleared out all the gals, then having them come back again but a while later to be told that this time the Alarm was real! ForCrissakes! What are they wanting to accomplish shutting down KTV'S? For sure there's no HD/nekkid session and patrons/gals are just there sitting, drinking and singing etc. Why would doing just that be a "bustable" offense?
And today, plain clothed LE were taking pictures up and down Swan Lake Road and the alleys. WHAT FOR???!!!
Best to be alert when out and about in Chang Ping meanwhile.
Its so ridiculous that friends and I decided that for today it was best to just go to AFTERNOON KTV at the Veggie Top KTV with our regulars!! Sigh....!
SEAN
Ps - thanks for whoever that got me out of moderated status. Is it the Mods or another member who does this?
Anyway - thanks!
There are reasons we now just not aware... Wait till storms over maybe we will then know why... Looking at situations if worsens then we have looked at how zhangmutao collapsed... and why it collapses ... Is cp another zmt??
If storms due to changing of great leaders up north why strangely other cities and provinces no great storms??
Thanks for the love on the other side, now its my turn to reciprocate over here.
As for agents usage, haven't been using one for a long time so i have no idea. But people here tend to use GoFly, HFIC, euStar and Tony's services i think.
Just saw this.
So thanks arpeggi!!!
Boy, your board is really fast moving and posted on by a lot of members all the time! Impressed!
I pity those newly joined girls who paid a lot of fees and couldn't work becoz of the yanda. One such girl sat with me and dare not overnight coz she scare GA raid hotel room. She told me she paid a lot of fees just to start work and on her second day, the yanda started. Poor girl.
There are reasons we now just not aware... Wait till storms over maybe we will then know why... Looking at situations if worsens then we have looked at how zhangmutao collapsed... and why it collapses ... Is cp another zmt??
If storms due to changing of great leaders up north why strangely other cities and provinces no great storms??
This article is from the South China Morning Post of July 6, 2012.
Perhaps this has something to do with what's happening?
SEAN
Quote:
Guangdong set for tough blitz in war on graft
Provincial party boss says anti-corruption campaign will offer no leniency as his chance of winning a seat at centre of national power looms
Mimi Lau in Guangzhou
Jul 06, 2012
Guangdong officials may have a hard time escaping the heat this summer, as provincial party boss Wang Yang appears poised to escalate his campaign against corrupt cadres - especially as it promises to further increase his political capital ahead of the 18th Communist Party congress.
The party secretary told government officials last week Guangdong's graft-busters would offer no quarter to bureaucrats and party leaders cheating the system for personal gain. "We must fight corruption with extreme determination, courage and persistence in order to maintain the advancement and purity of the Chinese Communist Party," he said, according to mainland media.
"We will not offer any appeasement to corrupt parties."
Coming as the 18th national party congress looms, Wang's campaign has drawn both praise for its breadth and criticism for its resemblance to the politically tinged crackdowns carried out by Bo Xilai before his removal in March as Chongqing party boss.
More than 1,000 party officials and civil servants have been arrested since February alone, when Wang, widely seen as a top contender for one of nine seats on the Politburo's all-powerful Standing Committee, expanded and rebranded the campaign as "three busts and two builds".
The "busts" refer to efforts to crack down on counterfeit goods, commercial bribery and market manipulation that uses triad-style intimidation tactics. The "builds" describe plans to establish a credit-rating system for consumers and improve market oversight.
Such campaigns have helped Wang establish a reputation - at home and abroad - as one of the mainland's most promising advocates for reform, especially since corruption has become so widespread that some believe it threatens the country's development.
But some observers see parallels between Wang's campaigns and the purges carried out by Bo, who, after succeeding Wang as Chongqing boss in 2007, launched his "strike the black" campaign against local triads.
While the campaign was seen as effective at reducing crime, some people accused Bo of using it as an opportunity to grab headlines, build political clout and remove perceived adversaries from power.
Independent political commentator Zhu Jianguo said Wang's crackdown similarly served to improve the party secretary's image and distract from public discontent over worsening pollution and economic conditions in the province. "This is similar to the campaign run by Bo Xilai in Chongqing," Zhu said. "Both were ordered by the top party secretaries in their provinces and both campaigns were intended to boost opportunities for these political stars to secure a seat in the Standing Committee of the Politburo.
"For Wang, this campaign has been prominent enough to cover up his lack of performance in improving the economy, protecting the environment and raising people's living standards."
There are important differences between the "Guangdong model" and "Chongqing model" as the two men's policies are sometimes described. Wang's campaigns stress more limited government and political openness and lack the nostalgic Maoism of Bo's campaigns.
Also, no one has yet accused Wang of using the harsh tactics, such as torture, which some say Bo employed as he rounded up officials.
The first ripples of Wang's campaign were felt in Guangzhou and Shenzhen and it eventually netted Xie Pengfei , a former provincial deputy secretary general, and Wei Jinfeng , a deputy head of the province's financial bureau.
Other high-level figures include Li Zhizhen , former director of Guangzhou's civil affairs bureau; Wu Huasen , former head of the province's Bureau of Coal Geology, and Liang Bizhi , the party chief of Xiashan district in Zhanjiang in the province's southwest.
The arrests have caused some grumbling in the province. An official close to the top leadership of Guangzhou said morale among senior cadres had been severely damaged.
But Beijing-based political commentator Hu Xingdou said that graft had become so pervasive that a campaign like Wang's was unavoidable. "There is nothing Chinese people detest more than corruption, so Wang is winning a lot of hearts with this campaign," Hu said.
"For a reformist leader, Wang must demonstrate utter determination to fight graft ahead of the 18th party congress."
Hu said senior officials were likely to be spared in the months ahead as "Wang is mindful not to burn too many bridges and make more enemies than he needs".
Many saw the arrests last month of nearly 150 low- and mid-level officials in Shantou as an indication that the campaign was moving on from Guangzhou and Shenzhen to focus on second-tier cities. "We will see authorities in other Guangdong cities release their own list of local officials being toppled as signs of support for Wang Yang," said Professor Cai Lihui of Sun Yat-sen University's school of government, who agreed that more top officials were unlikely to be targeted.
Some observers said Wang was also using the crackdown to clear the field of political obstacles. "Cracking down on corrupt officials is an old tactic to eliminate enemies," said one Guangzhou-based political commentator, who refused to be named.
This article is from the South China Morning Post of July 6, 2012.
Perhaps this has something to do with what's happening?
SEAN
All this chinaman nothing to do. Wayang to show top leaders that they doing a very good job, when it is them that allow CP to turn into what it is today. And they trying to curb this curb that. Really take my hats off and salute them.
Some update from cp. me I my friend in cp since 13th July
Everything ok so far.
Ktv
13th July mayflower. Flower street at Sky garden lvl3. About
100-200 Girl.
14th July taoyuan . Girl selection at room less then 100 girl.
15th July yihao. Girl not much. Only mamasan bring girl to room
For selection.
Staying in 美以登hotel. So far so good no raid. But sn not in operation.
Like that quite sian leh. Girls strength all reduced by more than half. I was there for one night on 3rd July. Went to Yihao SN, lights off but regular mamsan brought me to other floors.
Some news I receive is the raid will stop after 19th July.
Actually does anyone knows of the entertainment laws in China?
KTV is legal, right? Or is having hostess illegal?
The biggest problem in China is not whether there are laws - its whether there is the RULE of law...which most knows.... there is definitely no rule of law!
As far as I know there is no laws against the San-Pei - the three "accompanies" - but they ARE raiding KTV's on whatever pretext they can pull out of the hat. Suspicion of drug activity, of prostitution (which IS illegal for sure), gang activity etc etc.
Just be careful in China - for the authorities has the right to detain anybody for up to 15 days WITHOUT laying any charges or even show cause for such detention. Forget about "probable cause" in China.
The biggest problem in China is not whether there are laws - its whether there is the RULE of law...which most knows.... there is definitely no rule of law!SEAN
16-07-2012, 03:49 PM
