Garden Hotel under seige
09-17-2012 | 01:24 AM
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Garden Hotel under seige
That's what the lobby used to look like. Now half of the plate glass walls are gone, having been destroyed by "demonstrators" intent on reaching the Japanese Consulate in the back of the Garden Hotel's office building and the Japanese restaurant on the second floor, where they threw chairs through the windows to break them, too. CNN International is running a piece on the issue -- there are a few seconds of video of the lobby overrun by demonstrators, despite a line of 40-50 police in riot gear trying to protect it.
Panasonic closes China plants after violent protests - CNN.com
China Protests Against Japan Intensify - WSJ.com
It's peaceful today, but the demonstrations are expected to be even larger tomorrow, the 18th of September, as it is the anniversary of a significant event in the 2nd Sino-Japanese war. Oh, that reminds me -- the reason they're demonstrating is to protest the Japanese purchase of disputed islands. Funny, I had no idea there were so many "men on the street" who actually care about some tiny islands.
I'm led to believe that FedEx trips scheduled to use the Garden Hotel in the next 24 hours have been changed to a different hotel. I'm not sure if 24 hours is long enough, but if you're headed to CAN, be on the alert. Hotels and GT vendors have been notified of the changes -- don't expect the pilots to be alerted.
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09-17-2012 | 08:06 AM
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No news like no news
Glad the company and Alpo are all over this....not!
Probably a good time to pay attention to OSAC newsletters and Frontier Medex express security newsletters. Also the A4A newsletter and AAAE security newsletter. They at least let you know the big picture issues in light of no information.
As usual, we are having to take care of ourselves...
I remember back in the day, lots of war games over the Spratley Islands were done.
Be safe out there...
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Probably a good time to pay attention to OSAC newsletters and Frontier Medex express security newsletters. Also the A4A newsletter and AAAE security newsletter. They at least let you know the big picture issues in light of no information.
As usual, we are having to take care of ourselves...
I remember back in the day, lots of war games over the Spratley Islands were done.
Be safe out there...
MEDEX - Affordable Travel Medical Insurance plans.
AAAE | AAAE Security SmartBrief
SmartBrief: airline news - airline industry - commercial aviation - aviation news - aviation manufacturers - aviation industry
https://www.osac.gov/Pages/NewsLetter.aspx
09-17-2012 | 08:26 AM
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That's what the lobby used to look like. Now half of the plate glass walls are gone, having been destroyed by "demonstrators" intent on reaching the Japanese Consulate in the back of the Garden Hotel's office building and the Japanese restaurant on the second floor, where they threw chairs through the windows to break them, too. CNN International is running a piece on the issue -- there are a few seconds of video of the lobby overrun by demonstrators, despite a line of 40-50 police in riot gear trying to protect it.
Panasonic closes China plants after violent protests - CNN.com
China Protests Against Japan Intensify - WSJ.com
It's peaceful today, but the demonstrations are expected to be even larger tomorrow, the 18th of September, as it is the anniversary of a significant event in the 2nd Sino-Japanese war. Oh, that reminds me -- the reason they're demonstrating is to protest the Japanese purchase of disputed islands. Funny, I had no idea there were so many "men on the street" who actually care about some tiny islands.
I'm led to believe that FedEx trips scheduled to use the Garden Hotel in the next 24 hours have been changed to a different hotel. I'm not sure if 24 hours is long enough, but if you're headed to CAN, be on the alert. Hotels and GT vendors have been notified of the changes -- don't expect the pilots to be alerted.
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09-17-2012 | 04:11 PM
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FDX ALPA text-caster alert this evening - info with link to FDX ALPA Security Committee web page with latest info
Sorry to disappoint all you FDX ALPA haters - guess they might care after all
(I was even able to direct link to the web page on my Android phone if you can believe that!!)
Sorry to disappoint all you FDX ALPA haters - guess they might care after all
(I was even able to direct link to the web page on my Android phone if you can believe that!!)
09-17-2012 | 05:33 PM
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Huh?
They only cared after being pushed by several reps as to why nothing was put out...If that means they care then maybe your right...
BTW..Both guys listed on the security committee page haven't been on it for 6 months...just a little dated...but hey, they do care...
BTW..Both guys listed on the security committee page haven't been on it for 6 months...just a little dated...but hey, they do care...
FDX ALPA text-caster alert this evening - info with link to FDX ALPA Security Committee web page with latest info
Sorry to disappoint all you FDX ALPA haters - guess they might care after all
(I was even able to direct link to the web page on my Android phone if you can believe that!!)
Sorry to disappoint all you FDX ALPA haters - guess they might care after all
(I was even able to direct link to the web page on my Android phone if you can believe that!!)
09-17-2012 | 09:53 PM
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Not very useful if you're outside of the U.S.
Here's a link to a website with a gallery of pictures from Sunday's festivities. According to this site, there were more than 30,000 protestors gathered at the Garden Hotel met by 10,000 police.
Thousands of Chinese protest against Japan over Diaoyu islands | Demotix.com
And here's a sample picture (It's the entrance to the driveway and small parking lot adjacent to the Japan Consulate -- the "back door" to the Garden Hotel. The tennis courts in the background were used as a holding cell for those individuals detained and later hauled off in zip-tie handcuffs.):
More of the story here: Thousands of Chinese protest against Japan over Diaoyu islands | Demotix.com
But it's just anti-Japanese, right? No need for us to worry. Read this:
Japanese hunker down in China as protests reignite | Reuters
I like this part:
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Here's a link to a website with a gallery of pictures from Sunday's festivities. According to this site, there were more than 30,000 protestors gathered at the Garden Hotel met by 10,000 police.
Thousands of Chinese protest against Japan over Diaoyu islands | Demotix.com
And here's a sample picture (It's the entrance to the driveway and small parking lot adjacent to the Japan Consulate -- the "back door" to the Garden Hotel. The tennis courts in the background were used as a holding cell for those individuals detained and later hauled off in zip-tie handcuffs.):
More of the story here: Thousands of Chinese protest against Japan over Diaoyu islands | Demotix.com
More than 30,000 protesters gathered in Guangzhou this morning at a number of rally points all coordinated to march on the Japanese embassy in the Garden Hotel.
More than 30,000 protesters marched on the Japanese embassy in the Garden Hotel this morning.
A group of protesters rallied at Martyr's park in downtown Guangzhou this morning to voice their objection against the Japanese over the Diaoyu Islands dispute.
The group marched to the Garden Hotel, where the Japanese embassy is located, and met three other groups of protestors along the way, all of them funneling together into the entrances to the hotel.
Military and police were dispatched across the entire area surrounding the Garden hotel in an effort to maintain order. According to one policeman, 10,000 police were on scene to control the crowd.
Protesters and police clashed heavily at points, developing into brief outbursts of violence where protesters were seen forcibly handled by police as well as police receiving physical injuries from fists and ready-made weapons from sticks, brick, rock, and water bottles.
Protestors launched bottles of water, sticks, rocks, and eggs at the police and the Garden hotel entrance. The windows of the Japanese embassy in the 2nd floor of the hotel were smashed out by protesters who gained access to the building to break the windows from within.
At a side entrance to the hotel, protestors met a human barricade of military men and women armed with riot shields and helmets. At times, some protesters managed to smash the riot shields and pull police and military from their ranks into the crowd. At other times the rows of military defense dispelled the attack and managed to push the advancing crowd back.
This protest in Guangzhou was organized in concert with protests in major cities across the country all arranged to take place this weekend. Xian and cities in Hubei province saw protests Saturday while the heaviest protests were planned for Sunday morning in Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Tianjin. News of the protest was distributed over Weibo, the domestic microblog online service, and QQ, the most popular social networking tool used in China.
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Chad Stuart OwsleyGuangzhou, China, Asia
According to recent articles, today's crowd is supposed to be larger.More than 30,000 protesters marched on the Japanese embassy in the Garden Hotel this morning.
A group of protesters rallied at Martyr's park in downtown Guangzhou this morning to voice their objection against the Japanese over the Diaoyu Islands dispute.
The group marched to the Garden Hotel, where the Japanese embassy is located, and met three other groups of protestors along the way, all of them funneling together into the entrances to the hotel.
Military and police were dispatched across the entire area surrounding the Garden hotel in an effort to maintain order. According to one policeman, 10,000 police were on scene to control the crowd.
Protesters and police clashed heavily at points, developing into brief outbursts of violence where protesters were seen forcibly handled by police as well as police receiving physical injuries from fists and ready-made weapons from sticks, brick, rock, and water bottles.
Protestors launched bottles of water, sticks, rocks, and eggs at the police and the Garden hotel entrance. The windows of the Japanese embassy in the 2nd floor of the hotel were smashed out by protesters who gained access to the building to break the windows from within.
At a side entrance to the hotel, protestors met a human barricade of military men and women armed with riot shields and helmets. At times, some protesters managed to smash the riot shields and pull police and military from their ranks into the crowd. At other times the rows of military defense dispelled the attack and managed to push the advancing crowd back.
This protest in Guangzhou was organized in concert with protests in major cities across the country all arranged to take place this weekend. Xian and cities in Hubei province saw protests Saturday while the heaviest protests were planned for Sunday morning in Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Tianjin. News of the protest was distributed over Weibo, the domestic microblog online service, and QQ, the most popular social networking tool used in China.
Submitted by
Chad Stuart OwsleyGuangzhou, China, AsiaBut it's just anti-Japanese, right? No need for us to worry. Read this:
Japanese hunker down in China as protests reignite | Reuters
I like this part:
In southern Guangzhou, protester Wang Qian held a banner reading "Japan is a dog of the Americans".
Be careful out there..
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