Chinese activist held over Tiananmen picture

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Source: Associated Press

A Beijing activist was detained on a charge of inciting subversion after posting a photo online of China's 1989 pro-democracy demonstrations, which the military eventually crushed, killing hundreds of people.

It is the first time Bai Dongping, 47, has been arrested, although he was taken out of Beijing "on holiday" by police or told to stay inside his home during high-profile events such as the Olympics, his wife, Yang Dan, said today. Bai was taken away on Saturday, Yang said, and Beijing police called her the following day to tell her why.

"I'm really scared. That's such a strong charge. It's the first time I had ever heard of such a thing," Yang said.

The arrest comes shortly after a Chinese woman was sentenced to a year in a labour camp for posting a satirical Twitter message about smashing the Japan pavilion at the Shanghai Expo.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/30/chinese-activist-detained-bai-dongping

[Octafish]

1. Poppy Bush sent Gen. Scowcroft over a few days later to show there were 'no hard feelings.'

The guy had a champagne toast or two with the commie bosses. Wouldn't want a few thousand dead pro-democracy protesters to get in the way of a good deal.

[David__77]

2. What's with the McCarthyism?

"Commies?" Really?

[Octafish]

3. Yeah, really. And I don't like the imperialist capitalist stooges much, neither.

Stalin, Mao, and a whole bunch more Communist leaders have proven themselves to be nothing more than tyrants and mass murderers. Apart from publicly stating a belief in private property, that's exactly the same type of person as the Wall Street warmonger, a person who believes themselves superior to another -- undemocratic.

PS: If given a choice between the two, I'd prefer to align with the Mensheviks.