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A Rare Chinese Look at Secret Detentions

The New York Times follows up on news that Liaowang published a detailed report on black jails in China:Liaowang, or Outlook, a dependably stodgy publication aimed at Communist Party bureaucrats and policy makers, ran an exposé on Tuesday laying out the Byzantine network of interceptors, guards and holding pens used to put off the petitioners who flock to Beijing in the hope that the authorities