This is China

Or TIC, as my friend here likes to call it.

• Beijing ‘intimidating’ Hong Kong critics
• China Gags Tiananmen Dissidents Before Anniversary

I forget who told me this, but people do have ‘freedom of speech’ in China. You can talk and complain and discuss all you like, but if the government decides you, with all your talk, are inciting violence and unrest, watch out.

It’s just like being back home!

• 28 May 2004

• Thinking