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Xu Zhiyong’s arrest: How far backwards can China go?

If I looked at the news out of China today and saw good things I’d perhaps put up positive posts, provided i felt I had anything useful to add. But looking at the news today, and over the past several days, I see really bad news, to the point of... ...full story at Peking Duck

from Peking Duck on Fri, Jul 31 2009

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