People's republic...............
Nobel laureate’s wife cut off from outside world (AFP)
22 November 2010, LONDON — The wife of jailed Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo has been completely cut off from the outside world since being put under house arrest following last month’s prize announcement, a report said Monday.
Liu Xia’s telephone and Internet connections have been blocked and she has not been allowed to leave the couple’s high-rise Beijing flat for almost a month, The Times said, quoting sources with knowledge of her family.
The report said she is allowed a daily phone call with her mother, but that is monitored by police.
She also cannot leave to buy food — she must inform officers what she wants to eat for her evening meal so they can bring dishes from restaurants.
“The Chinese government reacted angrily to the Nobel prize committee’s decision to award the peace prize to Liu Xiaobo, a dissident who is serving an 11-year jail sentence on subversion charges after calling for political reform.
He will not be allowed to collect the prize at next month’s ceremony in Oslo
The Times reported that a few days after the prize announcement on October 8, Liu Xia was allowed to visit shops, go to her parents’ house and even take walks in the park as long as she was escorted by police.
..... and they call themselves the peoples republic. Its just another matter whether they listen to their people at all.
it happens everywhere and a lot of innocent people jailed for doing their minimum "human rights" :=(
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free speech
You haven't been to Burma.....
I went to Tibet for Eid for sure the Chinese had provided modern infrastructure....but at a cost of eradicating a wonderful culture.
The Tibetans were delightful but it was so sad.
And in what way China seeks to eradicate poverty by propping up North Korea....and throwing back defectors to a country where many are starving...
Enhancing whose civilisation???? Not the Burmese. Not the Tibetans. Not the North Koreans.
Can we just end this topic?
Hope to discuss with u on the future new topic!
Nice to meet u here!
What about it?
the border history between India and China
because u don't know history, that's why u will.
George can you enlighten me, which historical fact are you talking about?
because u don't know history, that's why u will think this way.
Chinese government are improving the life of Chinese people, trying best to demolish the poverty, removing the starvation, enhancing the civilization, popularizing the education to people.
So, I wonder why this government will crumble?
China also demands that India should give one of it's states Arunachal Pradesh to them as it belongs to them, how it belongs to them.. I can't figure out till date...
They also have taken 1/3rd of Kashmir which everyone seems to forget about in India-Pak dispute over the matter.
of course, this award is also a joke to the world.
I am not hoping for it to crumble, I just think it will..
Oryx there is also the claim on Taiwan..
The Nobel Peace Award to him, it's the biggest joke in this century!
Nobel Peace Award is so cheap?
U know this so called Peace Award is joke to China.
How do you make a comment on a thread 'professionally'?
Is there some sort of qualification you need to be able to post......
Fair point WK - India seems to allow open reporting by both national and international journalists.
China....where to start? and we would never finish.
Took Tibet, owns Nepal and props up North Korea....
How do u know it's not sustainable?
Why do u hope the regime crumbled?
How much do u know about China? How do you comment your regime?
If u know nothing about China, it's better to be silent for other countries!
For God Sake!
Isobel
Mod has always a soft corner for me :P
btw, that was by default
Plz be more professional when u comment on the topic
The mod removed a word that was hit with a 'S'.
And Tony Blair is the Middle East Envoy...just goes to show what a crock of shite it is.
Isobel the difference is that Indian media exaggerates the problems while Chinese media personnel well... they try not to disappear...
don't forget Mr. Obama has already received his Nobel Peace Award............ For what reason???
of human rights! Look at India. India is worse than China and yet all of a sudden India is applauded!
India/China?
China is slightly better than India.
everyone has everything Ok, back in home country.
People say Qatar shouldn't get the world cup for reasons from the stupid (overflowing drain in a street) to the valid (unfair crowd control).
Really they are minor issues (apart from heat) compared to China....and it got the Olympics!
oh sorry brit, was mixing you and wk up!
I was saying the same thing.. it is sustainable..
WK, knowing the Japanese, they will come up with something to replace what they can't get.
And that will upset china for sure...another reason why Japan will try to do it.Plus, they need to keep their markets going.
There is no other source of rare earth except China so the Japanese are stuck. There are minor reserves in India & USA but they weren't developed as China was exporting it so cheap already and has got over 95 % of the world's reserves..
Chinese and Japanese don't like each other too much.
Just yesterday I was watching on Al Jazeera a report about China blocking export of rare earth metals to Japan. Without them, there can not be any electronics item. China is looking to monopolise that entire segment. Japanese were complaining and will be interesting to see how long China can keep a block on that.
brit, it IS sustainable because they have modified it. People are making money, and live reasonably well. The better off they are, the less they care about "right" and "wrong".
A few are noble, like this dissident...and everybody sees what it gets them. There is still a lot of spying and informing going on. There.....
What counts in china at this time is money, they have suffered so much, now they want to life as well as possible.
And they are still quite indoctrinated,but don't mind because they are not suffering and their country is powerful now, alas, a big ego boost for them.
China is a big power in the world financial markets. Why award a Nobel Peace prize to someone who seems to on a war path with the state?
Just playing the devils adovocate here. Why mess with China? What has Dalai Lama acheived that this dissedent will acheive.. again just putting the view from the otherside..:)
It's all about indoctrination and the common good. China, like japan and Iran comprises mainly of people of the same ethnic origins.. hence , divisions are harder to forge...
It's not sustainable and I am surprised that the regime hasn't crumbled already.
Commerce.....money makes the world go round....even the little Communist's world...;)
Such is the way of politics :O(
brit once again
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lol brit...really?
I guess nobody likes empty shops...imagine all that Chinese tat gone...:o
Such is the way od authoritarian regimes. I wonder why we don't have an embargo against the Chinese.
All Communist/Socialist regimes are like that.
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china has to liberalise sooner or later as their model is not sustainable...maybe once the double digit growth subsides or when Yuan is made convertible.