Comments on: China: Citizen reporter killed—by who?

By: Global Voices Online » China: Wen Jiabao’s neighbors forcefully evicted

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:59:00 +0000

[...] hasn't been heard from since. If anything of Ai's was left following a series of police and chengguan raids throughout January and February [zh], including the heavy winter jacket Tiger Temple left [...]

By: Iamhuman

Iamhuman — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:33:51 +0000

Some guys here really don’t know why people in China are so timid as not dare to stand up facing the brutal evil. Chinese people are un-educated on purpose, have long been cheated by lies, intimedated by the party and government, deprived of basic human rights, and have no ways to protest against corruption and protect themselves except using their bare hands.If you think chinese people live in a very miserable condition, please help if you can.

By: Blog do Birner » China: vergonhosa Olimpíada

Blog do Birner » China: vergonhosa Olimpíada — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:11:13 +0000

[...] “…Wei Wenhua, cidadão chinês que no dia 7 de janeiro foi espancado até a morte por membros da Chengguan, espécie de polícia governamental conhecida por sua violência desmedida na repressão de delitos como comércio ilegal nas ruas da China. Qual foi o “crime” cometido por Wenhua? Ele estava filmando, com seu celular, imagens de um conflito entre a polícia e manifestantes que tentavam impedir que caminhões da prefeitura jogassem lixo perto de suas casas. Os “chengguan” notaram sua presença e espancaram-no por mais de cinco minutos. Wenhua morreu a caminho do hospital, aos 41 anos de idade. [...]

By: Se la protesta esplode in Cina » eBlog Network - Magazine

Se la protesta esplode in Cina » eBlog Network - Magazine — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:36:22 +0000

[...] Pochi giorni fa, a Tianmen, nella provincia di Hubei, è stato ucciso il primo “citizen reporter” cinese, Wei Wenhua, colpevole di aver filmato con il proprio telefono cellulare gli scontri tra una squadra di Ispettori municipali (il corpo amministrativo che fa rispettare l’ordine nelle aree urbane) e un gruppo di residenti che protestavano contro lo scarico dei rifiuti nei pressi delle proprie abitazioni. Wei è rimasto ucciso da calci e bastonate, e molti altri passanti sono finiti in ospedale. La protesta degli internauti non si è fatta attendere e su blog e forum di discussione hanno condannato duramente, sfuggendo alle maglie della censura, l’azione repressiva del governo. La stessa Zeng Junfang, vedova di Wei, ha chiesto giustizia. Risultato: il responsabile dell’ufficio dell’Amministrazione urbana di Tianmen, Qi Zhengjun, è stato arrestato per l’omicidio. [...]

By: Se la protesta esplode in Cina » Panorama.it - Mondo

Se la protesta esplode in Cina » Panorama.it - Mondo — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:29:25 +0000

By: Menschen haben Rechte » Polizeigewalt gefilmt, Polizisten töten Chinesen

Menschen haben Rechte » Polizeigewalt gefilmt, Polizisten töten Chinesen — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:05:16 +0000

[...] GobalVoicesOnline.com gibt es eine Reihe von Reaktionen aus China, ins Englische übersetzt. Durchaus nicht [...]

By: Bloggers put “An” back in Tianmen | Lost Laowai China Blog

Bloggers put “An” back in Tianmen | Lost Laowai China Blog — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 02:47:39 +0000

[...] check out John Kennedy’s post at Global Voices entitled, “Citizen reporter killed – by who?. The post contains a number of translated comments about the incident from various Chinese sources. [...]

By: an american

an american — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:30:20 +0000

I was so sorry to hear about Chinese authorities’ brutal murder of innocent citizen Wei Wenhua. To all the Chinese citizens standing up for their rights, please do not feel alone in your plight against corrupt government. We have plenty of corruption in our government here in America, too (as everyone in the world knows, since our current president insists on policies that hurt other countries as well as the U.S.).

We also have a lot of corruption within our police departments; our police beat the homeless and the poor, rape and traumatize prostitutes and others who don’t have the resources to fight back, and the police are rarely held accountable for these atrocities. Unfortunately, Americans remained silent for too long, and now we are faced with the loss of many of our Constitutional rights – because we were not paying attention when the government took them away. As painful as it is, it is good that you are paying attention and trying to do something about it before it gets worse.

The fight for all citizens’ rights to safety and free speech is a global fight, and I want Chinese citizens to know that I and many other Americans stand in solidarity with you. I congratulate you for having the courage to voice your opinions with the risk of being beaten and/or killed into silence. Do not give up.

I hope America’s next president can mend at least some of the damage that our current one has caused worldwide; I realize there are not enough words to apologize to all the world for what he and his aides have done in our names. I hope our next president can help all people who only wish for freedom, whatever country they are in.

Please don’t give up, you are not alone. I, too, fear my government and the police because of all the injustices I have seen, and know that there are so many others. Keep trying and may all people enjoy a peaceful world once we get the momentum to finally overcome unfair governments. Peace, mimsy

By: Kenny

Kenny — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:49:37 +0000

I recently read the story about the Chinese blogger that was killed in China. I lived in China this summer and our group had our lives filmed every day. We ran into some trouble with filming freely, but ultimately were allowed to film freely.

We posted all of our videos on http://www.nihaoareyou.com .

Stories like this lead many people to think that all Chinese interactions are irrational and brutal. Our group loved China and the extremely generous people we met, please take time to see the other side of China that isn’t published in stories.

By: Global Voices Online » China: This week’s mass incidents

Global Voices Online » China: This week’s mass incidents — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:15:48 +0000

[...] protest at the Tianmen Party headquarters and a taxi driver strike in solidarity following the the recent beating to death of a local business leader, to the anti-Maglev neighborhood protests that have taken place in [...]

By: Protester og demonstrationer i Kina: Kinesisk politistyrke tæver mand ihjel | KINABLOG.dk

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:03:09 +0000

[...] Det er nemt at forstå, når man ser billeder som dem bloggeren Zhao Mu har lagt på sin blog (via Globalvoices. De senere år har der været flere alvorlige sager, hvor cheng guans har brugt voldelige midler, [...]

By: Robin

Robin — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:39:14 +0000

does anyone have any links to photos of Wei Wenhua or any footage of the protest at which he was killed?

By: Gaz Hayes

Gaz Hayes — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 02:06:51 +0000

Why is China so crap? Why does this always happen in China? Because Chinese are a bunch of submissive weak losers who don’t stick up for themselves and their fellow citizens. If this happened in my country there wouldn’t be crowds of people watching like you see in these pictures, those crowds would be beating the crap out of the chengguan. Chinese citizens are to blame for this, not the government or the chengguan.

If we let our governments get away with this type of crap, of course it would get worse and worse, but we don’t let them get away with it, we pull our governments into line and say “sorry but you can’t do that or I’ll k ill you” but Chinese just look on and say “Huh, I better not sell things on the street then”.

If Chinese aren’t going to do anything about this type of nonsenese, and in fact most Chinese defend their governments actions, then so be it, let Chinese be slaves and let them be beaten, its their choice. If they wan’t freedom, they have to earn it like everybody else.