Charter 08
Just recently, a group of 300 prominent Chinese intellectuals released Charter 08, a call for sweeping democratic reform in China. This is a fascinating, historic document and rather than prattle on about it here I’ll just link those interested to some relevant stuff.
Read Charter 08 (Translated into English by Perry Link). It’s not very long, worth the read.
LA Times Report that Literary Critic and Charter 08 Signer Liu Xiaobo has been arrested.
Links to some background info from The China Beat.
Commentary from Chinese philosophy blog The Useless Tree (which is great, by the way).
Voice of America Story (Chinese) [appears to be blocked in China]
Original Chinese Text of Charter 08 [零八宪章]–includes the names of all three hundred who signed at the bottom.
Sun Zoo’s American Expatriate » China, Charter 08, and 2009 on 07 Jan 2009 at 7:32 pm #
[...] particular interest is this article, regarding Charter 08 (a topic that got this website blocked in China once already and may yet do so again). Daniel [...]