Tuesday, January 17, 2012

News at Eleven: The authorities disclosed their decision

to prosecute Zhu [Yufu] nearly a year after Zhu had written the poem, which was titled "It's time."

A verse reads: "It's time, Chinese people!/The square belongs to everyone/the feet are yours/it's time to use your feet and take to the square to make a choice". Zhu's lawyer said the poem had been published on the Internet

Li [Weimin] said, however, that Zhu had nothing to do with the online calls for "Jasmine Revolution" rallies inspired by uprisings in the Middle East.

from Chicago Tribune: Chinese dissident to stand trial for poem

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