http://freekorea.us/2007/07/11/china-attacks-dissent-in-america-and-it-expands-its-power-to-intimidate-the-neighbors/ Tue, 22 May 2012 21:47:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://freekorea.us/2007/07/11/china-attacks-dissent-in-america-and-it-expands-its-power-to-intimidate-the-neighbors/comment-page-1/#comment-50542 OneFreeKorea » Watching You Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:16:39 +0000 http://freekorea.us/2007/07/11/china-attacks-dissent-in-america-and-it-expands-its-power-to-intimidate-the-neighbors/#comment-50542 [...] What we are talking about here is peaceful speech and assembly, things that are tolerated everywhere in the civilized world.  We’re about to find out just how far China will go to silence it.  What we’ve seen is that China is increasingly prepared to censor views it doesn’t like right here in the United States.  Yet ironically, stories like this are starting to make me more glad than disappointed that Beijing was chosen as the site of the Olympics.  No, I wouldn’t go.  No, I wouldn’t urge others to go.  Yes, I hope the games are a financial and public relations flop of historic proportions for China.  But I see the potential for this to plant revolutionary seeds in Chinese society and publicize the very issues that China want to remove from the public discussion. [...] [...] What we are talking about here is peaceful speech and assembly, things that are tolerated everywhere in the civilized world.  We’re about to find out just how far China will go to silence it.  What we’ve seen is that China is increasingly prepared to censor views it doesn’t like right here in the United States.  Yet ironically, stories like this are starting to make me more glad than disappointed that Beijing was chosen as the site of the Olympics.  No, I wouldn’t go.  No, I wouldn’t urge others to go.  Yes, I hope the games are a financial and public relations flop of historic proportions for China.  But I see the potential for this to plant revolutionary seeds in Chinese society and publicize the very issues that China want to remove from the public discussion. [...]

]]> http://freekorea.us/2007/07/11/china-attacks-dissent-in-america-and-it-expands-its-power-to-intimidate-the-neighbors/comment-page-1/#comment-49427 usinkorea Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:57:06 +0000 http://freekorea.us/2007/07/11/china-attacks-dissent-in-america-and-it-expands-its-power-to-intimidate-the-neighbors/#comment-49427 I get friends of China debating me on You Tube on the videos where I promote the trouble North Korean refugees have in China. It is frustrating, because You Tube's comment section isn't set up for a debate, but some do speak out... I get friends of China debating me on You Tube on the videos where I promote the trouble North Korean refugees have in China. It is frustrating, because You Tube’s comment section isn’t set up for a debate, but some do speak out…

]]> http://freekorea.us/2007/07/11/china-attacks-dissent-in-america-and-it-expands-its-power-to-intimidate-the-neighbors/comment-page-1/#comment-49405 North Korea Blog » China Attacks Dissent in America and It Expands Its Power to Intimidate the Neighbors Wed, 11 Jul 2007 13:10:26 +0000 http://freekorea.us/2007/07/11/china-attacks-dissent-in-america-and-it-expands-its-power-to-intimidate-the-neighbors/#comment-49405 [...] Read more of this story… [...] [...] Read more of this story… [...]

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