Comments on: Chinese blogger and filmmaker detained

By: douglas

douglas — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 12:17:22 +0000

Rohin,

I’ve written to Amnesty International UK as their search engine gave me no results when I entered Hao Wu. Perhaps they can help.

By: xyz

xyz — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 18:12:55 +0000

[I’d now expect Indian commies to protest in thousands when Chinese premier vists India.]

Haha!

On the bright side, many Chinese are rediscovering Buddhism.

By: Vikrant

Vikrant — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 16:21:31 +0000

I’d now expect Indian commies to protest in thousands when Chinese premier vists India.

By: Rohin

Rohin — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 15:39:00 +0000

Correction made Richard, thanks.

By: Sanjeev

Sanjeev — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 14:09:01 +0000

Communism in many ways is like a religion, in China it is embodied in the Red Book of Mao. Like all dogmatic religions, others are repressed or curtailed.

By: Jay Singh

Jay Singh — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 13:47:32 +0000

Yeah! Yeah! Freedom Rulez! Freedom Rocks!

By: j0nz

j0nz — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 13:36:16 +0000

Down with Communism, down with Islamism. The twin forces for totalitaranism in the modern world. This is not the time for the free world to cower.

By: Jay Singh

Jay Singh — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 11:30:12 +0000

There seems to be a large growth in religions like Christianity and Falun Gong in China. I wonder if this phenomenon is partly caused by the censorship and heavy handedness of the ruling state party, like a displacement of all that energy of censorship and political repression. After all, where does the political energy go? You simply can’t repress it forever. Maybe it takes the form of religion, and these religions become the battleground between the people and the state.

By: richard

richard — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 07:21:38 +0000

Correction: We sat on it because we were afraid it would hurt Hao Wu if we raised undo publicity, not because we were afraid we would put ourselves in danger. This was at the request of his relatives. Once they gave the word, we publicized.