Washington Post (June 10)
“Beijing is increasingly exporting its ‘internal matters’ — the repression of critical or even independent voices — to other countries.” This ranges from its so called great cannon “to take down Web sites outside China to which it objects” to current persecution of a U.S. journalist’s family members. “We think the United States should declare, loudly and publicly, that such brazen intimidation is reprehensible…. When China persecutes a journalist living in the United States, it is no longer an ‘internal matter.’”
Tags: China, Great cannon, Internal matters, Intimidation, Journalist, Repression, U.S.
Wall Street Journal (June 24)
In Hong Kong nearly a 750,000 residents have voted in an unofficial referendum calling on China to grant Hong Kong greater democracy. “Hong Kong people are serious about self-government and stand bravely against official intimidation. Beijing has to pay attention—and maybe even strike a deal before occupiers hit the streets of China’s most international city.”
Tags: China, Democracy, Hong Kong, Intimidation, Occupiers, Referendum, Residents, Self-government
