I wonder if the traditional media will remove their lips from China's rear end long enough to cover this one.
http://www.nytimes.com/...
A group of six Americans who were taken into custody on Tuesday as they tried to protest China’s rule in Tibet have been given 10-day detentions, the Chinese police confirmed on Friday.
Lovely. What did these horrible individuals do to deserve such treatment?
Most of the organization’s demonstrations have involved unfurling "Free Tibet" banners or displaying Tibetan flags, which are illegal in China. In the latest action, just after midnight Thursday morning, four protestors raised their fists and shouted slogans while waving a Tibetan flag near National Stadium. As with the other protests, the participants were quickly bundled away by plainclothes police.
Hey! Sounds like grounds for imprisonment to me!
Whether or not the protest was a good idea, don't we deserve even a tiny bit of coverage about the problems in China thrown in with all the tremendous media buttkissing we've seen for the last week and a half? Maybe?
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