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China Detains Internet Essayist for Subversion

Posted by Cliff on from the watching-what-you-say dept.

romcabrera writes: "Reuters reports that 'Chinese authorities have detained a civil servant, whose essays are banned by Beijing on the Internet, on charges of subversion'. According to the article, China has created a special Internet Police Force which 'blocks some foreign sites and shuts down domestic sites posting politically incorrect fare'."

2 of 450 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Well this will be blamed by iggymanz · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    it's our fault we let these diseases of humanity such as "communism" and "radical islam" exist.

  2. Re:These guys mean business... by Qrlx · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    This attitude is killing people!!!

    People -- that's one thing China has no shortage of. Killing off a few, harvesting a few organs along the way, is probably healthy for the State.