China's cable firms fight deadly turf war
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-311460,00.html China's cable firms fight deadly turf war
From Oliver August in Shanying May 30, 2002
"CLAD in a blue China Telecom jacket proclaiming We protect the nations cables, Hao Dawei sets off at sunrise from his parents mudbrick home in Shanying to ride his motorcycle along the route of his state-owned companys main cable to Beijing, 300 miles to the west. On the road to Huairen he finds 100 workers digging a trench right on top of the China Telecom line. He jumps off his bike. Stop immediately, he shouts. You'll cut our cable. The gang glare at him. Hao Dawei knows the type. They work for one of the many rival telecom companies who are laying their own cables. He calls for backup, but the five colleagues who arrive within minutes are no match for the workers. Soon 20 of them are beating the 26-year-old patrol rider as a crouches in the grass. His colleagues flee and he ends up in hospital having stitches in his head."
On Thu, 30 May 2002, Sean Donelan wrote:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-311460,00.html
China's cable firms fight deadly turf war
eh, thats nothing. Try doing work in some of the buildings in NY without a Union card ;) andy -- PGP Key Available at http://www.tigerteam.net/andy/pgp
: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-311460,00.html : : China's cable firms fight deadly turf war : From Oliver August in Shanying Recall that this is a place where 'Freedom of Information' is a semi non-concept. Reporters quote the party line. Newspapers praise prison as a learning experience. http://www.china.org.cn/english/2002/May/33528.htm "Qungdag found the outside world entirely different when he walked out of the Prison of Tibet Autonomous Region after serving his 8-year term there...Qungdag opened a teahouse in Lhasa, capital of Tibet Autonomous Region. Business soon boomed. "I built up experience in business management when I served as a member of the prison catering management committee. And it worked in running the teahouse...I benefited a lot from the skills and managerial experience I learned in prison..."" Who needs a college degree or certs? That's a non-issue, just go to prison, become "educated" and get "skills and managerial experience" Dilbert would luv it... Maybe this backs up the basis of the article that was so well timed... http://www.china.org.cn/english/2002/May/33524.htm "Only by strengthening government supervision in a competitive and open market can a sound development of the information industry be guaranteed...developing countries should establish a centralized, independent, authoritative and efficient regulatory system, and formulate telecommunication laws and regulations as well as regulatory policies in line with national conditions...the 'game' cannot continue properly without rules..." This is from "China's top telecommunications industry official...Minister of the Information Industry Wu Jichuan...[at the]...5th APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) Ministerial Meeting of the Telecommunication and Information Industry..." A side question is: Can WE 'play the game' properly without governmental supervision? This is not a troll. It's just an observation and a sort of rhetorical question... ;-) scott so I top posted. Sue me. On Thu, 30 May 2002, Sean Donelan wrote: : : : http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-311460,00.html : : China's cable firms fight deadly turf war : From Oliver August in Shanying : May 30, 2002 : : "CLAD in a blue China Telecom jacket proclaiming We protect the nations : cables, Hao Dawei sets off at sunrise from his parents mudbrick home in : Shanying to ride his motorcycle along the route of his state-owned : companys main cable to Beijing, 300 miles to the west. : : On the road to Huairen he finds 100 workers digging a trench right on top : of the China Telecom line. He jumps off his bike. Stop immediately, he : shouts. You'll cut our cable. The gang glare at him. Hao Dawei knows the : type. They work for one of the many rival telecom companies who are laying : their own cables. He calls for backup, but the five colleagues who arrive : within minutes are no match for the workers. Soon 20 of them are beating : the 26-year-old patrol rider as a crouches in the grass. His colleagues : flee and he ends up in hospital having stitches in his head." : :
http://www.china.org.cn/english/2002/May/33528.htm "Qungdag found the outside world entirely different when he walked out of the Prison of Tibet Autonomous Region after serving his 8-year term there...Qungdag opened a teahouse in Lhasa, capital of Tibet Autonomous Region. Business soon boomed. "I built up experience in business management when I served as a member of the prison catering management committee. And it worked in running the teahouse...I benefited a lot from the skills and managerial experience I learned in prison...""
Who needs a college degree or certs? That's a non-issue, just go to prison, become "educated" and get "skills and managerial experience" Dilbert would luv it...
as i live in a country notorious for having more people in prison than in tertiary education, i find this hopeful indeed. randy
On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 12:54:36AM -0400, sean@donelan.com said:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-311460,00.html [snip] type. They work for one of the many rival telecom companies who are laying their own cables. He calls for backup, but the five colleagues who arrive within minutes are no match for the workers. Soon 20 of them are beating the 26-year-old patrol rider as a crouches in the grass. His colleagues flee and he ends up in hospital having stitches in his head."
I bet they wish they only had to worry about backhoes. At least backhoes won't come after you and beat you senseless. (awaiting stories to the contrary now ...) -- Scott Francis darkuncle@ [home:] d a r k u n c l e . n e t Systems/Network Manager sfrancis@ [work:] t o n o s . c o m GPG public key 0xCB33CCA7 illum oportet crescere me autem minui
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