China arrests yet another earthquake critic

America Blog  Jul 19 08

Our best business partners ever. As Western leaders prepare to hold hands with the communist leaders in Beijing for the Olympic opening ceremony, they are all kind enough to avoid any embarrassing discussions related to such gross violations of human rights. To be fair to the Chinese government, it's really not fair - not socially acceptable - to ask questions about shoddy construction that contributed to the death of thousands of children. So far the Chinese government has been fair and avoided criticism of the parents who were only too happy to sponge the use of government buildings when it suited them and now are complaining because thousands needlessly died. Full story...

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