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A Single Re-Tweet Lands Chinese Woman in Labor Camp

Posted by timothy on from the more-than-2-days-per-char dept.

lee1 writes "A woman in China has been sentenced to a year of 're-education' in a labor camp for the crime of 'disrupting social order' after retweeting a joke on Twitter (which is entirely banned in China, but popular nonetheless). Cheng Jianping had repeated a Twitter comment suggesting that nationalist protesters smash Japan's pavilion at the Shanghai Expo, adding the words 'Charge, angry youth.' At the time, China and Japan were feuding over a group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea, and groups of young Chinese had been demonstrating against Japan, smashing Japanese products; the tweet amounted to gentle chiding of the protesters. Ms. Cheng may also have been targeted because she is a human rights activist: she had signed petitions calling for the release of China's jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo. She has been detained in the past for several other 'crimes,' including criticizing China's Communist Party."

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  1. Should apply to anyone using Twitter by PatPending · · Score: 5, Funny

    Anyone using Twitter should be sentenced to a year of 're-education' in a labour camp.

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    1. Re:Should apply to anyone using Twitter by PatPending · · Score: 3, Funny

      You definitely need re-education, specifically regarding sarcasm.

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    2. Re:Should apply to anyone using Twitter by tehcyder · · Score: 2, Funny

      I just don't get the "Twitter is for idiot jokes". Part of my brain must be missing.

      No comment needed.

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    3. Re:Should apply to anyone using Twitter by tehcyder · · Score: 3, Funny

      Just because someone doesn't follow every passing social networking fad doesn't make them a luddite, you appalling little tick.

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  2. Wow, let's do this in the USA! by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 2, Funny

    She has been detained in the past for several other 'crimes,' including criticising China's Communist Party.

    So in the USA the Republicans would be locked up for criticizing the Democrats, and the Democrats would be locked up for criticizing the Republicans. With almost everybody locked up, who could work as prison guards? I guess this could be solved with some H-1B visas.

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  3. Re:Public service annoucement by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    if it can happen to four loko it can happen to anything

  4. Re:Kudos for unbiased reporting by Columcille · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Who says this is a left-leaning website?"

    This is a left-leaning website.

    There. I said it.

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  5. Re:hate speech is NOT protected anywhere. by NiteShaed · · Score: 4, Funny

    We probably need a whole new rating system.

    Beating someone while shouting racial slurs at them: +10 years

    Beating someone while staring into the distance trying to remember if you left the oven on: +0 years

    Beating someone while shouting "I love you man!" at them: Actually, that's creepy. +12 years

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  6. Re:Kudos for unbiased reporting by rjstanford · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, that would be \. This is /. - obviously right-leaning.

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