Posted on 07/23/2008 1:42:54 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese police have arrested a prominent Internet dissident for violating his probation terms, a rights group said, as the country steps up a pre-Olympic crackdown on dissent to ensure the Games go smoothly.
Du Daobin, from the central province of Hebei, was given a suspended sentence for subversion in 2004 having been detained by police in Wuhan for posting online essays in support of fellow dissident, Liu Di.
Du was then released into house arrest, Reporters Without Borders said in an emailed statement, but was arrested this week having been accused of posting articles on overseas websites and receiving guests without permission.
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Chinese police arrested Huang in the country's southwest for "possession of state secrets" after he offered help to parents of children killed in the Sichuan earthquake in May.
Hu, a prominent AIDS activist, was jailed for 3- years earlier this year for inciting subversion and criticizing the ruling Communist Party.
A fourth dissident, Ye Guozhu, jailed in 2004 for organizing protests against forced evictions, was due for release on Saturday but he was taken from the prison where he was being held and his whereabouts were unknown, Chinese Human Rights Defenders said.
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Ye Guoqiang said police told him they had taken Ye Guozhu from the prison, but did not say where he was being held or for how long.
Human Rights in China said the government was using the slogan of a "peaceful Olympics" to target rights activists.
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"Under the banner of a 'peaceful Olympics,' authorities continue to employ contradictory and counterproductive security methods, which only serve to exacerbate the human rights crisis and provoke greater instability in China," she added.
The government says the charges of a pre-Olympic campaign against dissidents are groundless.
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“The government says the charges of a pre-Olympic campaign against dissidents are groundless.
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Beijing Bob has spoken.. Move along.
Holding the Olympics in China will and is becomeing a Chinese Fire Drill.. WHoever decided to hold this event in a Communist country should be Pimp Slapped with a 2x4..
Now we’ll have to listen to elites being “shocked” at this behavior by China.
So what? It’s a socialist/communist government where the means of production are nominally owned by the State (not nom nom.)
So we would expect their Viking Kitties to be govt bureaucrats.
China has a history of having millions of people with few resources so its no surprise they are communists. In order for China to join the Democratic Community, they need to build up a middle class. Twenty years ago China had over 1 billion people with little prospects. These days the economy is growing at 10% a year and the middle class is growing exponentially. China has only been apart of the World Trade Organization for 7 years and companies like Dell, Apple, Wayne-Dresser, Motorola, Procter Gamble and even Haliburton are expanding their operations in China and not just in manufacturing, but retail.
Right now China has had the same affect on the USA as NAFTA and CAFTA. The principal Free Traders subscribe to is that growing economies need these factory jobs so that one day they can have a strong middle class with expendable income. When these countries have that it will open up their markets to our goods.
It is dangerous for Chinese nationals to post on the internet in spite of what the “Chinese bloggers” say.
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