Chinese Democracy Activist Wang Released (Tiananmen Square protest)

Associated Press (via Yahoo News) ^ | 4 March 2004 | Ted Anthony

[CounterCounterCulture]

Wang Youcai, a leading Chinese dissident imprisoned since 1998 has been released and allowed to seek medical attention in the United States after months of quiet diplomacy by U.S. officials, a rights group said March 4, 2004. The early medical parole of Wang, 37, who was serving an 11-year sentence for subversion after helping found the China Democracy Party, follows moves in the last week to reduce the sentence of an Uighur businesswoman in Xinjiang and the release of a Tibetan nun. Photo by Reuters REUTERS/

[cspackler]

OK, the title almost made milk come out of my nose... sory.

[CounterCounterCulture]

China released top dissident Wang Youcai after pressure from Washington and ahead of a UN Human Rights Commission meeting where the United States may sponsor a resolution condemning Beijing's human rights record.(AFP/File)

[risk]

A president who believes in freedom can make a difference!

[Lunatic Fringe]

Would you like to play with my Wang?

[keats5]

Thank God !

[Chad Fairbanks]

I know... I was initially thinking, "What about the rest of him?"...

In all seriousness, though, things like this are good to see. However, I couldn't help but notice one thing in this article that jumped out at me: Founding a party based on Democracy will get you 11 years, but Tax Evasion will get you 16 years in prison. Typical Leftists.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

NEVER FORGET


Praise GOD that...

President BUSH has promised...

During a BUSH Presidency...


Freedom's return to:

Communist Vietnam
Communist North Korea
Communist Cuba



as well as Freedom's Arrival to:



All the Countries of the Middle East


...as America's own best self-defense against future terrorist attacks here at home.


GOD is GOOD.


NEVER FORGET

[Thane_Banquo]

He's a hero. If China had more like him, the country would be free.

[dalebert]

I hope they have enough sense to thank the Bush administration.

[tallhappy]

I hope they have enough sense to thank the Bush administration.

Nonsense. They did the same thing for the Clinton administration.

These releases are meaningless and almost always indicate that the US has given the communist a big concession or favor.

[cantfindagoodscreenname]

OK, the title almost made milk come out of my nose... sory.

Has the title been fixed? If not, I don't get it. If it has been fixed, will you tell us what the original one said?

[Artist]

"These releases are meaningless and almost always indicate that the US has given the communist a big concession or favor."

Yeah. I wonder what it was this time.

[cspackler]

Just a bad spin down the indecent exposure road, nothing more... (Useless "wang" reference)

[tallhappy]

Some background on Wang Youcai and the CDP arrests here.

Wang and two other founders of the Chinese Democracy Party were sentenced to 11, 12 and 13 years respectively back in 1998.

They and others were jailed around the same time Wei Jingsheng and Wang Dan had been released from prison for their crimes of advocating freedom.

Just as now some people are trying to use this as some sort of positive indicator, they said the same thing back when Wei and Wang were released.

But the Chinese communists simply exile those they've jailed for years and arrest the current problems.

Wang Youcai was sentenced to 11 years for simply starting a political party. He served half this sentence and then is exiled forever by his jailers from his home country.

Other than the fact he is no longer in jail and subject to the horrible experience of Chinese prison this is in no way positive or progress.

The Chinese communists laugh themselves silly at our gullibility.

[cantfindagoodscreenname]

OK, lol! I guess I'm not familiar with that term....but now I am. :-)

[tallhappy]

Some background on Wang Youcai and the CDP arrests here.

Wang and two other founders of the Chinese Democracy Party were sentenced to 11, 12 and 13 years respectively back in 1998.

They and others were jailed around the same time Wei Jingsheng and Wang Dan had been released from prison for their crimes of advocating freedom.

Just as now some people are trying to use this as some sort of positive indicator, they said the same thing back when Wei and Wang were released.

But the Chinese communists simply exile those they've jailed for years and arrest the current problems.

Wang Youcai was sentenced to 11 years for simply starting a political party. He served half this sentence and then is exiled forever by his jailers from his home country.

Other than the fact he is no longer in jail and subject to the horrible experience of Chinese prison this is in no way positive or progress.

The Chinese communists laugh themselves silly at our gullibility.

[risk]

Thanks for deflating my misconceptions...

[holidayidol]

I thought this was a thread on Guns N' Roses :)