Government issued “violence how-to” pamphlet for city officials angers Chinese netizens.

Left is an image of the government issued “violence how-to” book uploaded by a netizen.

Book name: Practical Guide for Chengguan [city officials]

Published by: National Administration Institution Publishing House

News on Sina.com (Source: Shanghai Morning Post)

“Carefully avoid blood on counterparts face or wound on their skin, also avoid gathering of onlookers.” Yesterday, a training material for Beijing Chenguan [Sherry: city officials who are responsible for maintaining city laws, rules and regulations] exposed online by some netizens. The material teaches city officials to “use force to deal with those who violently resisit”, which was defined by angry netizens to be “the most disgraceful methods”, “gangsters training handbook”. This book which named as “Practical Guide book for Chengguan” has drawn thousands of complaints as soon as it was posted on internet. By yesterday 8pm, which was only 9 hours after the post was published, there were already more than 24,000 clicks and nearly 500 comments on it.

Yesterday, journalist interviewed some Guangzhou city officials about whether they had used this training book. The reply was they had never heard about the book or used it for training.

Related post on Tianya.cn quoted more content from the “violence how-to” book

1.    Should not let the counterparts get off easily, should take the counterparts onto the law enforcement vehicles, either send to the police office or bring back to the team. Ask for where do they come from, how long they’ve been here, why did they dare to use violence against law, and if they are aware of what kind of punishment they will get for today’s serious incident.

2.    Should not use violence to control the counterparts in front of public. If can’t avoid onlookers, then use a more diplomatic way.

3.    Use force to deal with those who violently resist. Carefully avoid blood on counterparts’ face or wound on their skin, also avoid gathering of onlookers. All the actions have to finish fast, don’t leave any consequences. Once decide to use force, then it has to be crisp with no hesitant. You should use all your energy on doing it.

Comments from sina.com

新浪湖北武汉网友/(from Wuhan, Hebei)
I wanted to be a gangster at first; recently it seems pirates become popular, so I changed my mind and wanted to be a pirate. After reading this, I want to become a city official now.

新浪陕西网友手机用户/(from Shannxi)
Actually the original intention of setting up city official this job position is good, if do it right, they will be helpful for preserving social order. However, if you see what they are doing on the streets now, this group of bastard have totally distorted the original intention!

新浪山东潍坊网友/(from Shandong)
Although I have no idea whether the book is real or not, I have seen how city officials enforce the law. No difference compare to gangsters.

新浪江苏网友/(from Jiangsu)
I’ve seen how city officials enforce the law, which is “insulting the weak and warding off the strong”, “offending individuals and avoiding the crowd”. They always stay in groups and frighten everybody.

新浪安徽网友/(from Anhui)
If there are no city officials, normal citizens will be able to live happily.

新浪网友
Is this kind of book available? We want to do some this kind of training for our team too.

新浪江苏网友/(from Jiangsu)
The book may not really exist, this maybe just somebody’s making a practical joke. However, almost everybody agree on city officials’ abuse of power. So there are really some problem existing, maybe it’s because rules and regulations haven’t been well improved, or maybe it’s because national productive forces haven’t been well developed. I hope everybody try to be more considerate, if there is force going on please help them, also wish our government could select someone really qualified to be city officials.

新浪湖北黄冈网友/(from Huanggang, Hubei)
Having such a well-trained team, there is no need to worry about national security.

新浪广东深圳网友/(from Shenzhen, Guangdong)
The objects of city officials law enforcement are small vendors. Among those vendors, some are laid-off workers, some are farmers who came to the cities, some are just out of a school and couldn’t find jobs, etc. They need to earn their lives. They are disadvantaged group in our country. They need help. City officials, do you have consciences?

新浪河北网友手机用户/(from Hebei)
Why small vendors want to sell things on the streets? A stand in a small country’s trade market cost from hundreds to thousands RMB per month. How much money could a vendor be making every month to pay for that?

新浪浙江杭州网友/(from Hangzhou, Zhejiang)
Fascism! Fascism! Fascism!

新浪重庆网友/(from Chongqing)
The book is well written, and it should be well spread. City officials are also human beings, when facing violent resisting, they need to defend themselves.

新浪浙江杭州网友/(from Hangzhou Zhejiang)
If you are using legitimate defence, why need to worry about if there will be blood or not?

新浪河北沧州网友/(from Cangzhou, Hebei)
China is a developing country; there are way too many unemployed people. Get rid of those vendors in order to maintain the so called city image; this is a fascist way of administration. I’ve seen city officials threw a vendor’s’ stuff all over the ground, beat the vendor down and shouted:” Why don’t you do something meaningful, why chose to be street vendor?” For the god sake, even university graduates can’t find jobs, not to mention those poor normal citizens. Frankly speaking, China is a country with a large popularity, which requires to have varied forms of job positions.

新浪江苏常州网友/(from Jiangsu, Changzhou)
City officials should be more rational.

新浪江苏苏州网友/(from Jiangsu Suzhou)
City officials are so powerful. If anyone shouts “City officials are coming”’ among crowds of vendors, the scene will be very much like what happened when devils Japanese came to China years ago.

Comment from Tianya.cn

天马行空4552
Shocked! Now I know where the gangsters come from.

坐云上的猪
I admire city officials. We will never need army from now on, and I believe that China will undertake not to be the first to use city officials [Sherry: this guy is making fun of the political statement of “China undertakes not to be the first to use nuclear weapons”]

刀笆叔叔
This is why city managers are so shrewish.
It is no doubt a handbook for bandits.

轮洄
Those vendors are just selling some small things, for what reason they need to resist the law violently?

新赫索格
City officials are an unbeaten army.

疯人言语
It turned out that they have a book to look for instructions.

8宝
What will the city turn out to be if let a group of gangsters manage it

wiwbb
How come these are city officials? They are clearly bandits and gangsters, some legally licensed bandits and gangsters!

cukp
I think they are way stronger and more efficient than Japanese army! The sequel of “Nanjing! Nanjing” should be “Chengguan! Chengguan!”

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