It is the toughest penalty to be reported against any of those who followed up a government announcement that it would allow protests in three Beijing parks during the August 8-24 Olympics. So far, the police said they have received 77 applications and none has been approved.

On August 17, the two elderly women each received a document from the city authorities ordering them to serve one year of re-education through labour – an administrative punishment that does not require any judicial process – from July 30 this year to July 29, 2009 for “disturbing public order”. Li Xuehui, son of of Mrs Wu, said: ”Wang Xiuying is almost blind and crippled. What sort of re-education through labour can she serve? But they can also be taken away at any time.” The two women had remained at home but were under observation of a neighbourhood watch group, he said…

Horrible.

So, when do we stop spending all of our American dollars/ jobs to China and start doing things ourselves again? THAT would be a change worth doing. China will never change.

American companies are helping to repress people in china by supplying them with network spying/monitoring equipment.

Profits > democratic ideals

American companies are helping to repress people in china by supplying them with network spying/monitoring equipment.

And the American people themselves empower the Chinese by buying things made in China. They didn't get wealthy overnight by doing nothing.