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China: The Fall of Lady Liberty and Chai Ling's Revenge

Xujun Eberlein from Inside-Out China comments on former Tiananmen activist Chai Ling's recent move to sue the film maker of “The Gate of Heavenly Peace” for “defamation” or “infringing trademark”. ...full story at Global Voices

from Global Voices on Mon, Jun 15 2009

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