Zhang Shanguang, a Chinese dissident who has already spent seven years
in jail for campaigning for labor rights, is on trial for "endangering
state security." Apparently, he told Radio Free Asia, a
U.S. government-funded network, about excessive taxes, as well as
about recent protests by farmers. Read
the Associated Press story
National Council of Churches compares Chinese
Christians to "nuts in Atlanta" who "disrupt traffic"
Andrew Young and a small delegation from the National Council of
Churches recently traveled to China and claimed that they found "no
sign of religious repression." He also compared jailed Chinese
Christians with "nuts in Atlanta that we've put in jail for preaching
on street corners and disrupting traffic" and asked how he could "make
judgements on a nation this large."
Read Jeff Jacoby's excellent column in the Boston Globe
Visit the National Council of
Churches Web site Who to contact
