China Stamps Out Southern Unrest
The massive show of force appeared to have quelled the rioting, which began in the Xintang district on Friday night after security guards pushed to the ground a pregnant migrant street vendor from the western province of Sichuan as they tried to move her food stall off the street.
A cyclist on Tuesday rides past security forces in antiriot gear in the southern city of Zengcheng, where factory workers rioted over the weekend.
The atmosphere remained tense, though, as clusters of migrant workers from Sichuan and other areas loitered outside their garment factories—many of which were closed—watching the police and swapping gossip about the unrest.
Meanwhile, appeals were circulating online for migrants to protest again to demand that the government release 25 people arrested for their role in the violence on Sunday.
"It could start again—people are still very angry," said one 48-year-old migrant worker from Sichuan, who asked to be identified only by his surname, Sun, and who works at a small factory making jeans. "The government doesn't care about our problems."
stamps [stæmps]
- n. 邮票；印记；图章（stamp的复数）
- v. 踩踏；镇压；贴邮票于…（stamp的第三人称单数）
unrest [,ʌn'rest]
- n. 不安；动荡的局面；不安的状态
quell [kwel]
- vt. 平息；镇压；减轻；消除
riot ['raiət] untiriot
- n. 暴乱；放纵；蔓延
- vi. 骚乱；放荡
- vt. 浪费，挥霍
pregnant ['preɡnənt]
- adj. 怀孕的；富有意义的
migrant ['maiɡrənt]
- n. 候鸟；移居者；随季节迁移的民工
- adj. 移居的；流浪的
vendor ['vendɔ:]
- n. 卖主；小贩；[贸易] 自动售货机
stall [stɔ:l]
- n. 货摊；畜栏；托辞
- vi. 停止，停转；拖延
- vt. 拖延；使停转；使陷于泥中
cyclist ['saiklist]
- n. 骑自行车的人
atmosphere ['ætmə,sfiə]
- n. 气氛；大气；空气
tense [tens]
- adj. 拉紧的；紧张的
- vt. 使拉紧；变得紧张
- vi. 拉紧，变得紧张
- n. 时态
loiter ['lɔitə]
- vi. 虚度；闲荡；徘徊
- vt. 虚度；闲荡；混
garment ['ɡɑ:mənt]
- n. 衣服，服装；外表，外观
- vt. 给…穿衣服
gossip ['ɡɔsip]
- n. 小道传闻；随笔；爱说长道短的人
- vi. 闲聊；传播流言蜚语
appeal [ə'pi:l]
- vi. 呼吁，恳求；有吸引力，迎合爱好；诉诸，求助；上诉；（体育比赛中）诉诸裁判
- n. 上诉；吸引力，感染力；呼吁，请求；诉诸裁判
- vt. [美]将…上诉，对…上诉
circulating ['sə:kjuleitiŋ]
- adj. 循环的；流通的
- v. 循环（circulate的ing形式）；流通
protest [prəu'test, 'prəu-]
- vi. 抗议；断言
- vt. 抗议；断言
- n. 抗议
- adj. 表示抗议的；抗议性的