September 12th, 2008

Don’t play with matches

Reported by China Rises yesterday, a man burned himself to death right on The Bund in Shanghai.

But what is interesting here is this:

But censors are blocking all comment on the motives of the man on every website. Was he an activist of the Falun Gong banned movement? Was he a Tibetan Buddhist? How about a disgruntled property rights activist?

Whatever the cause, there is a story there, and the government may not want the motive to come out. But at least it’s a step in the right direction to allow Xinhua to report the news. Here’s the agency’s latest story:

Read the full story here.

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