Banned in China.
By on Apr 20th, 2006 at 7:41 pm
Banned in China.
Chinese audiences will not see images of Wang Wenyi, the protester at the White House today. According to the AFP, “CNN television said Chinese authorities blocked the transmission of its pictures of the protest in China.”
UPDATE: Wang will likely be charged by U.S. officials with “attempting to intimidate, coerce, threaten or harrass a foreign official” and may receive up to six months in prison.
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Surprised by the censorship?
Both countries outwardly do it and flaunt it.
April 20th, 2006 at 7:47 pmmanipulating the press, eh? I’ll say it again: Bush and Hu are like two snowpeas in a pod…
April 20th, 2006 at 7:57 pmThey’ll see it on the internets! Somehow, they’ll see it.
April 20th, 2006 at 8:40 pmTo any chinese reading , after the heckler Hu immediately turned to Bush and tounge kissed , but that also was censured .
April 20th, 2006 at 8:53 pmGoogle, Yahoo, and CNN all cave to China at the drop of a hat. Murdoch has been a good toady for years.
Tomorrow China is going to make MSNBC do a little dance. Just for kicks.
April 20th, 2006 at 8:53 pmAnd this surprises, who? Bueller, Bueller, anyone?
April 20th, 2006 at 9:19 pmWho’s Wang Wenyi?
April 20th, 2006 at 9:23 pmOur news didn’t cover any Wang Wenyi…did they?
CNN International, which is available in many parts of China, carried the protest.
April 20th, 2006 at 9:28 pmTo George a “Free Speech Zone” is the answer to this remark he made “Their ought to be limits to Freedom”
No George, thats Communism, How many times does Condi have to remind you?
April 20th, 2006 at 9:30 pm#6 – ’nuff said. Yet we import billions of dollars of goods from China – with Wal-Mart being the largest importer, unless I’m mistaken. The ironic part of this is that we allow such imports from China, but how dare you try to import Cuban cigars…. go figure! Why is Cuba such a “bad” country (dictator) when China is a “good” country? (aka Wal-Mart)
April 20th, 2006 at 9:38 pmI am sure China won’t show the pictures of tanks squashing pro-democracy protesters in America after Bush voids the 2006 elections in a declared state of emergency.
-GSD
Bush and Hu, one pea, one pud.
April 20th, 2006 at 9:40 pmGeorge W. Bush is a God-damned Communist! Can we outsource Bush to China? Can we?
April 20th, 2006 at 10:52 pmDid anyone see last week’s Frontline involving the student protests in China back in 89′? And the guy who stood in front of the tanks? Why can’t Google and CNN be
April 20th, 2006 at 11:03 pmas brave as that guy?
Let’s see…1.2 BILLION people in China…yep you can hide this protest story from everyone of them……sureeeeeeeeeee you can.
April 20th, 2006 at 11:45 pmFor a religious guy, he doesn’t press very hard on that matter. I mean, he says he brought it up, freedom of worship … somewhere between the photo ops and the screaming, and then when the little disturbance is over and the protester for freedom of religion was dragged out, he apologized as I suppose a host must. What a bad position to be in, eh?
April 21st, 2006 at 12:55 amHeh heh.
Lie down with dogs… fleas.
Before they went into the oval comminstic office ,bush the jerk off turn to hu the jerk off and said,I’m sorry that you had to see that.
bush can say I’m sorry to communistic leader but won’t say I’m sorry to our families that have lost their sons and daughters to this bas$$$td war of profits! he won’t say I Lied To Go to War For Big Oil and Big Corps. I say Tar and Feather The Jerk Face in the Middle Of a Cow Pie In Crawford Texas!
Yes Free Speech Zones is Communism its suppressing the Voice Of Free Speech.
April 21st, 2006 at 7:06 amWang will likely be charged by U.S. officials with “attempting to intimidate, coerce, threaten or harrass a foreign official†and may receive up to six months in prison.
Very logical. She was outside of a “free speech zone”. /sarcasm off.
But you all really think yet that your country is a free one?
April 21st, 2006 at 8:18 amAnd upon conviction, Wang will be whisked off to Gitmo where she will fester with hundreds of other threats to the Lyin King’s reign.
April 21st, 2006 at 8:20 amIt’s like deja-vu all over again - Yogi Berra
War is Peace
April 21st, 2006 at 8:33 amFreedom is Slavery
Ignorance is Strength
But you all really think yet that your country is a free one?
Comment by Evil Spaniard — April 21, 2006 @ 8:18 am
Not those of us in here. We know we aren’t free. We haven’t been in a number of years. Maybe we are still freer than some, but no where near as free as we once were. I still think it will take a Revolution down the road to fix the problem.
April 21st, 2006 at 8:40 amsame media tactics as america deniging Falluja for months then
April 21st, 2006 at 8:41 amYikes. That’s pretty bad. Who’s running the investigation, Chinese secret agenbts or something–six months for protesting? Come on!
Oh, wait. The Bush Admin. does the same thing to those protesting against GWB. Maybe they ARE in charge.
http://www.lcoliberal.blogspot.com
MO Rep Jo An Emerson (GOP) thinks her constituents are ***holes. (No, really)
Right now on LCL
http://www.sunstateactivist.org
April 21st, 2006 at 8:59 amLet me get this straight…she’s likely to get up to 6 months in prison (not a local jail, but PRISON) for doing nothing more than disturbing a speech by a visiting dignitary, yet here in NE TN we have people still driving the streets that have multiple DUI convictions. Not long ago one of these idiots caused an accident due to…you guessed it…DUI. He had 6 prior DUI convictions on his record and still had is license.
Amazing. Sad. Pathetic.
April 21st, 2006 at 9:03 amMaybe she’ll be “renditioned” to China.
April 21st, 2006 at 9:38 amRedefining freedom one day at a time.
She’ll be lucky to avoid being declared a terrorist & shipped off to Guantanamo.
April 21st, 2006 at 9:55 amShe must have thought she was in Iraq with the free people.
April 21st, 2006 at 10:14 ambush can join her in prison
April 21st, 2006 at 10:14 amWhen Wang started her protest, Bush said to Hu that you are ok.
OK for what?
“Wang will likely be charged by U.S. officials with “attempting to intimidate, coerce, threaten or harrass a foreign official†and may receive up to six months in prison.
Don’t get it!
Why Wang proested?
Because the comminist cut people’s bodies alive, pull our their livers, kidness and
hearts for sale and making bloody money.
Also Wang
April 21st, 2006 at 10:16 am#16 I agree this ***holes priorities are wack. He’s ‘PSYCHO THE DECIDER. You’ll never here from her again, this guy is such a narcissist he’ll have her deported back to China. Its reaching a bit but with his new powers he’s given himself he can pretty much DECIDE to do what ever he wants. He pisses all over the constitution and nobody does a damn thing about it.
April 21st, 2006 at 10:21 amSomething needs to be done about this grave injustice that he has brought upon the people of this country. November will be the time to make it right. The Republican controlled government is a freaking disaster they have done nothing but rape this country and shit all over the constitution, and after they touted it so much against Clinton. Their hypocrisy is amazing. The lunatics are running the asylum, Iran is next
on the hit list and being the great decider he is he just might suspend the constitution. I would not be surprised…
Now let me see if I got this straight. So, “attempting to intimidate, coerce, threaten or harrass a foreign official†is a crime, but sending an army in to a country to remove a foreign official from power without international sanction isn’t?
April 21st, 2006 at 10:55 amWe have fallen through the looking glass. Americans are arrested for speaking. The decider lectures someone else about human rights violations. Because of the decider, China owns a great deal of American debt and the decider thinks he can convince China to be nicer to us about the trade deficit which the decider himself is responsible for. Alice, where are you?
April 21st, 2006 at 10:56 am#30
But…but….but…we had a “coalition of the willing.” Isn’t that the same???
(sarcasm intended)
April 21st, 2006 at 12:12 pmGiven the non-action on the democracy movement in Nepal, it’s no surprise that Bush has no thoughts for democracy in China. He makes a lot of noise about freedom and democracy, but when someone speaks up about the lack of freedom, Bush is on the wrong sde of the argument – backing the tyrant and having the voice for democracy hauled off.
No one’s buying it anymore – everyone knows Bush speaks for money, not freedom.
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April 21st, 2006 at 12:29 pmhttp://griperblade.blogspot.com – grumblings from the heartland
Yesterday, while speaking outdoors at the White House, Chinese President Hu Jintao was heckled. Try as I might, I have been unable to find a guide book for the proper etiquette of a heckler. I decided I would come up with my own list of the do’s and don’ts of heckling. I’ve also provided some novel suggestions.
Don’ts:
1. When you determine it is time to begin heckling, do not raise your hand in hopes of being called upon.
2. Do not begin your heckling with, “sir, excuse me…may I say something?â€
3. Do not ask security for a copy of the speech so you can find a point in the speech to cue your heckling.
4. Unlike with the exit row in an airplane, do not ask those seated next to you if they feel comfortable with their role of being seated next to the heckler.
5. Do not ask those seated at either end of the aisle if they mind tripping security when they race to remove you from the room.
6. If asked for your press credentials at the door, do not say, “Oh, I’m just here to heckle.â€
Do’s:
1. You must yell and screech in a shrill and inaudible voice…otherwise your incoherent message may be understood.
2. Check with all the cameramen in the room to assure they have had time to get a preliminary focus for your seat…your time will be limited and you don’t want to miss out on a good photo-op.
3. Provide your credentials and a brief synopsis of your rant to the press in advance so you will not be misquoted.
4. You must appear outraged and emotional…if you are having trouble getting prepared, ask the person seated next to you to administer several bitch slaps.
5. Once captured, continue to yell but be sure to look back at the person you are yelling at…it’s rude to avoid eye contact.
6. Whenever possible, speak in a foreign language…it heightens the curiosity of the media.
read full handbook here:
http://www.thoughttheater.com
April 21st, 2006 at 12:53 pmPosted in the Chicago Tribune by Mark Silva:
“Freedom is never having to say you’re sorry”
Good article.
April 21st, 2006 at 12:53 pmWe’re imprisoning them HERE, so they don’t have to do it over THERE.
April 21st, 2006 at 1:39 pmFreedom of Speech has a condition?! No way! Hu is a killer. His cover has to be revealed by someone in public. Bravo, WangYi!!!
April 21st, 2006 at 4:19 pm[...] Chinese audiences will not see images of Wang Wenyi, the protester at the White House today. According to the AFP, “CNN television said Chinese authorities blocked the transmission of its pictures of the protest in China. Full story… [...]
April 22nd, 2006 at 8:33 amSo, according to the story, the President of the United States apologized to the Chinese leader for an act of “free speech” on United States soil! Furthermore this use of the First Amendment could get her 6 months! Now I know my country is in deep shit with this administration!!
April 23rd, 2006 at 4:53 pmWhere is she coming from? Is she from somewhere people consume human flesh? Did I get it right? I can’t believe it. It says in her native on-line news (not state-run).
April 24th, 2006 at 3:07 amOf course she can speak up. This is a war of righteous v.s. evil. hey hey hey. well done, Wenyi.