Stop press — China tells the truth about human rights
Trial of Chinese activist begins:
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, when asked to comment on his case at a news conference at the close of parliament, said issues like this would be handled according to the law.
“As for critics’ view that China is trying to increase its efforts to arrest dissidents ahead the Olympic Games, I think all these accusations are unfounded,” he said.
He’s 100% abso-fucking-lutely right. The CCP always been harsh on political activists (in fact, they’ve been worse in the past), it’s only been recently that mainstream Western media have been making lots of noise about it.
On balance, their treatment of political prisoners has probably improved, most probably due to global scrutiny! And they probably hope everyone will lose interest after the Olympics.
Updated to add: I’m thinking the Olympics will go through mostly unscathed and China will be allowed to go on doing what it’s doing (with noises made by other governments but no action being taken) as long as it doesn’t start fucking with global trade.
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