Fri, 21.01.11
The Austrian Daily Salzburger Nachrichten published the following cartoon by Thomas Wizany on the occasion of People’s Republic of China President Hu’s State Visit to the United States:
President Obama is holding a board that depicts Mr. Hu with his name – Hu – underneath, the shape of a person with the description “man” underneath and an arrow to the right, the bottom line reading Hu + Man + Rights. President Hu looks at the board quizzically.
Wed, 04.02.09
The NYTimes reports on the efforts of human rights defenders in China to shed some light on the construction of buildings that collapsed in the quake in May 2008. Discussing the fate of advocate Huang Qi, the Times states: “People charged with “illegal possession of state secrets” have little hope of defending themselves in the court system, which operates under Communist Party control. The official definition of secrets is broad and flexible, and can be applied to widely available government documents or even reports published by state-run media. The exact secret involved is rarely revealed.”