Video: Row over jailing of Chinese activist

Row over jailing of Chinese activist
April 03, 2008

At Hu Jia's trial interviews he gave the foreign media and articles he wrote on the internet were presented as evidence against him. His case has sparked international criticism of China which has been accused of clamping down heavily on dissidents ahead of the Olympic Games. At Hu Jia's trial interviews he gave the foreign media and articles he wrote on the internet were presented as evidence against him. His case has sparked international criticism of China which has been accused of clamping down heavily on dissidents ahead of the Olympic Games.

This is why I think China has a bullshit government and Washington's bullshit pro-China stance. While I know I can't escape China's economic tentacles here in the U.S., I can at least boycott investing in Chinese companys. And I'll be drinking Kirin Ichiban instead of Tsingtao. It's better anyway.