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Don't call anyone insane in China. Professor Sun Dongdong has just made that mistake. In a recent article, the professor who runs Peking University's judicial expertise centre suggested that 99% of the people who repeatedly petition the government are... ...full story at James Reynolds

from James Reynolds on Thu, Apr 09 2009

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04 Jun 08 visit Invite the Dalai Lama to the G8 Summit Ver.S  »  YouTube videoCreator:satomi the detail is here. Free Tibet Team Japan UK residents or citizens can sign the petition at this government e-petition site. 1.2.Please go to the link above and sign both petitions if you can. If you are NOT an UK citizen or a resident,...
08 Apr 09 visit Peking Uni prof in trouble for remarks discriminating against petitioners  »  Danwei The Beijing NewsApril 8, 2009 The most interesting story in today's Beijing News is an op-ed on page two about Sun Dongdong, a professor at Peking University's law school. The professor has recently caused a controversy when he said that "at least 99%...
13 Apr 09 visit Petitioner Sun Fawu of Shandong  »  Danwei Sun Dongdong. Image source: Sina The Sun Dongdong affair, which involved the PKU professor declaring in China Newsweek that 99% of petitioners are insane, meant that the topic of petitioners and mental hospitals is in the news once more. This video...
14 Jan 09 visit China Economic Prospect 2009 - Peking Professor Perspective  »  All Roads While reading up more on the issues, I came across a 20 minute Youtube series from CCTV where Zou Ye interviews Peking University Professor Huode Ming. Where I enjoyed this interview is simply that the the Professor’s comments are not full of doom...
08 Apr 09 visit China: Psychiatry with Chinese characteristics  »  Global Voices Peking University Law Professor specialized in forensics, Sun Dongdong, told China News Weekly on March 23 that 99% of China's petitioners (zh) are mentally ill and that he support for forced hospitalization of them. Who is mentally sick? Update:...
11 Oct 07 visit Getting real about "Getting Real in China"  »  Granite Studio UC Irvine history professor Jeffrey Wasserstrom has an article in The Nation this week about recent criticism of China. First off, let me say that I have enormous respect for Professor Wasserstrom and have enjoyed his essays a great deal. I also...

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