Because newspaper are highly censored in China, blogging has become very popular and some bloggers have created a name for themselves in Chinese society. One of those famous bloggers named Xu Lai was stabbed saturday while speaking outside of a bookstore. Two men took him into the bathroom and stabbed him saying “You brought this on yourself. You know why we’re doing this, don’t you?” This could be interpreted many ways, but Lai is known for his sarcastic and witty writing style towards the government. His blog name is pro-state in flames.
The jailing of journalists is a major problem in China and it seems that bloggers are the next victims in the country's censorship efforts. Blogs are the most important type of publication left for the Chinese people and this attack will most likely slow bloggers down and certainly become less public. Was this mans democratic views worth his life??
source: Times Online
Do you think that the men who stabbed Lai were acting on personal agendas? Or do you think that they could have possibly been hired by the Chinese government?
ReplyDeleteI think it's def possible that they were hired by the Chinese gov. or the gov. themselves. Also, I think that it would actually cause more people to blog about this issue and therefore, putting themselves at harm as well.
ReplyDeleteThat is exactly what the Chinese government wants, and that is why people like Lai should be regarded as heroes in China
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