Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Fears rise over missing political blogger in China

From The Age:

China's crackdown on internet dissent, sparked by the ''jasmine'' revolutions sweeping the Middle East, may have claimed its highest-profile target, with one of China's most influential political bloggers disappearing at Guangzhou airport.

The disappearance of Yang Hengjun, an Australian citizen and one of China's more prominent online political analysts, will also prove a headache for Julia Gillard, who is due to visit China late next month.

Dr Yang, a former Chinese Foreign Ministry officer turned novelist and political blogger, has not been seen since calling a colleague from the airport on Sunday to say that he was being followed by three men.

His friends and relatives, including his Sydney-based wife, are worried he has been taken by security police...

~ This is Yang Hengjun ~

~ Yang Hengjun: The Fall of Authoritarianism ~

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