Twit Forward

Two recent cases in China showed twitter (actually, it's state sponsored Chinese-clones because twitter is barred by the authority) could be one WMD for responsible Chinese Internet users.

In Jiangxi Province, an official eviction went wrong when three of the residents set themselves on fire in protesting the procedure. Although there are hundreds of police, paramilitary forces and even an ambulance at the scene. The senior communist officials order the demolition went ahead, and policemen blocked relatives and bystanders to rescue the burning individuals until they shrank to black carbons. The deceased had a dispute with the government on the proper amount of compensation for the building. However, it turned out as now we finally know, the eviction was not even lawful. There was no eviction orders from the court nor the local government. Local government jailed relatives to stop them from making a scene, but two were able to fled as far as the women's restroom in a nearby airport on the way to Beijing for a petition. The airport was not operated by the aforementioned local government, so although they summoned an army of public employees to surround the restroom, the two women were able to broadcast their situation online before they were taken away by force. The online broadcasting triggered a mass twitting phenomenon while the messages were followed and forwarded millions of time, which triggered the network monitoring agency's attention of the central government. The agency's evaluation of the incident is that it mounts to the scale of social stability level so that it should be handled carefully. The central government ordered the local government to release jailed relatives and to renegotiate a fair compensation for the demolished building.

Another incident happened in Beijing. An author was arrested by police in Shaanxi Province because he published an investigative report of people's sufferings on a state project. Although the project had been over dozens of years ago, thousands of people are still homeless because their land were taken away for the project and then reassigned to other people. Also thanks to mass twitting and forwarding, the author was granted a bail.

Although you can vote for the government officials or your representatives, but you do can twit, follow and forward. A few clicks might help save some good people's life. There is no excuse for not doing that.

Six Years Old Patient Died When Parents Managed to Pay for Treatment

Six years old boy Guo Hao died in his mother's arms just when donation flooding in and camera rolling.

Guo Hao developed heart infection after a surgery. For several months he had been suffering, the hospital in Xi'an, capital city of Shannxi Province refused to treat him because his family was too poor to pay. When the story made the news, local residents made donations to help the family. People went to hospital to show support and wish good wills. While the family was interviewed by media in the hospital, the boy died in his mother's arms, while the camera rolling quietly.

The said hospital is the First Affiliated Hospital of Medical College of Xi'an Jiaotong University.

Reporter Wanted for Slander

Three Xifeng police tried to arrest a Beijing reporter at her office last week on a defamation case. Xifeng is a county of Tieling City of Liaoning province in northeastern China. The reporter Zhu Wenna published a story in Xifeng where a local business woman was alleged wronged by the communism party boss Mr. Zhang Zhiguo.

It's not news journalists had been prosecuted or jailed for reporting on the wrong side. However, this is the first time a local party boss sent police to arrest a journalist working for the party's central committee. Zhu Wennan is a senior reporter of the 'Legal Daily', which is an official propaganda branch of the central committee of law and disciplinary, the top agency that oversees law and order in China.

According to Chinese laws, defamation cases are self-initiated, that can only be initiated by a complaint by the alleged victim. The Xifeng party boss did not file a formal complaint, therefore, the charge filed by the Xifeng police is illegal. Tried to arrest a Beijing reporter who works for the CCP's central committee with a questionable warrant is literally and mentally insane.

In a separate case, another CCP county boss of Suide County, Shannxi province arrested a middle school principle because the principle tried to seek the party boss's signature on government support for poor students. Although the central government allocates money for students in poverty, often the local party boss has the final say on whether the money will be used for its designated purpose. Facing an online and media outcry, the Suide party boss was ordered to apologize to the principle.

By all means, the incident is like a small town mayor sent his pitiful police force to the White House, seeking arresting the press secretary Tony Snow for his negative comment of his office made on a press conference the day before, without either a court warrant nor the involvement of a district attorney. If he got his way, people would know that the president really wanted to silence the media, not long those run by New York Times, but also include his own press secretary. The may serve as a wakeup call to top CCP officials in Beijing on the extend of human rights abuse committed by local party officials, or, we will see.

In the communists-run China, however, this kind of behavior can only be seen as 'insane' and bazaar. Many commentators on the Net associated the incident with an attempt of coup detat. It's amazing to see the CCP central committee was caught out of guard on such a serious offence, made by such an insignificant lower lover party official in remote area, for such an wrongful, illegal and absurd cause.