A Chinese court on Thursday sentenced a veteran pro-democracy activist to eight years in prison on subversion charges, including accusations that he posted anti-government articles on overseas Web sites, a human rights organisation said.
He Depu, who was tried last month at the Beijing No 1 Intermediate People’s Court, is one of five Internet activists accused of subversive activities for signing an open letter calling for political reform posted on the Internet ahead of the landmark Communist Party congress in November 2002.
The others – Jiang Lijun, Zhao Changqing, Ouyang Yi and Dai Xuezhong – have all reportedly been tried or sentenced on subversion charges.
November 7, 2003
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By george
thanks again, seems you are now in the end of the world, just don’t understand people live in such a negative attitude, why not commit suicide, now i really think the education in western countries have problems too, teach so many fragile creatures, only know to complain and criticize, not so flexible to handle the unexpected difficulties.
November 7, 2003 @ 3:49 am | Comment
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By richard
Hi George! I guess in your mind it’s okay to sentence Internet “subversives” to long jail terms? In any case, thanks for coming by every day and commenting frequently.
November 7, 2003 @ 4:38 am | Comment
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By george
actually, i like democratic society and country too, and i hate autarchy, like what CCP had did, but the problem is there are a lot of things positive in life, while there are a lot of difficulties as well, so, we human are very creative and postive creature, we met the difficulities, we need to find a better way to solve it, not just spread doomsday everywhere, and i think human is most strong and smart creative animal in this world, we can do something and try to adjust and then change it as much as we can, anyway, don’t you think our debate will bring more thoughts to the reader, not just from one side of your writing. what you wrote is not all true and objective, right?
November 7, 2003 @ 6:13 am | Comment
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By richard
Well George, in my mind the only way I can help solve the bad things happening is to speak out about them and make them known. I can’t get on a horse and ride into Tiananmen Square and force Hu Jintao to change things.
If you look at most blogs that focus on politics, you will see that they protest about the things they see as unfair. Anyway, as I’ve said, if you don’t like my blog, there are millions of other blogs out there.
November 7, 2003 @ 7:05 am | Comment
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By george
like i said, if my oppion is different from yours, that does not mean, i don’t like your blogs, otherwise it’s obvious, i won’t visit your site, it’s good to have debate and conflict ideas, you should be more open to different thoughts.
November 7, 2003 @ 8:05 am | Comment
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By george
do you see anything unfair in US, can you invite George Bush to have dinner with you, and can you two discuss about that? and what is the defininition of UNFAIR? why do you think your standard of FAIR is the same as others? you are just too subjective sometimes, so badly corrupted by western media!
November 7, 2003 @ 8:12 am | Comment
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By richard
George, I criticize Bush all the time; so far, he has ignored my invitations to have dinner with me here in Singapore.
As to the word “fair” — there are no universal definitions. I have my opinion of what is fair, and I have my blog to express that opinion.
“you should be more open to different thoughts.”
I am always open, that is why I have a comments section.
November 7, 2003 @ 8:29 am | Comment
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By george
in fact, i like to communicate with you ,and get your attention, and i did it! is it a successful pr event?
November 7, 2003 @ 9:37 am | Comment