Chinese war veterans protest over missing benefits

Are these guys serious? Chinese veterans protest over unpaid benefits.

I had no idea the Chinese government would allow protest to happen much less let it go on for days at a time. Can you believe this statement was made?

"This is a show of disrespect to the veterans, a rank injustice, and black mark on the nation and a blow to the credibility of the law," the statement said.

From This Ain't Hell:
I guess it’s the same all over – about 3,000 Chinese military veterans of the country’s war against Vietnam in the late 70s and their nuclear program converged on the capitol to protest the fact that they hadn’t been paid promised benefits for their service according to the Associated Press;

BEIJING (AP) — Disgruntled Chinese military veterans converged on Beijing this week in a protest over what they say is the government's failure to make good on promised pensions, medical insurance and other benefits.

On Thursday, a website maintained by a veterans group and postings on Chinese social media said about 1,000 former soldiers from around the country joined in a sit-in protest Tuesday at the petitions office under the central military command.

The reports said they were part of a group of about 3,000 that had arrived recently in the capital, while several thousand more had been prevented from coming to Beijing by authorities in their hometowns.