Posts Tagged ‘ Zhao Ziyang ’

Review: "Prisoner of the State"

June 17, 2009
By C. Custer
Review: "Prisoner of the State"

Another June 4th has passed, and it seems unlikely that Prisoner of the State will be the thing that finally gets the government to admit its mistake. Still, the book offers a deeper understanding of that night to those seeking it, and perhaps more valuable, a deeper understanding of the progresses and setbacks that...
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Beating Up Old Men

April 8, 2009
By C. Custer

The New York Times reported today about a human rights activist who was beaten in a cemetery on tomb-sweeping day. Sun Wenguang, who is 75 years old, went to the cemetery to pay his respects to Zhao Ziyang. Apparently, that was enough to get him brutally beaten by “four or five men”. Zhao Ziyang...
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