From BBC NEWS:
As part of the BBC’s China Week, Haoyu Zhang of BBC Chinese.com looks at the country’s continued intolerance of any form of political dissent.
Ever since President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao formally took power more than two years ago, they have called on officials to put people’s interests first and help build a civil and harmonious society.
All this comes against a backdrop of rising social tension, as many sections of Chinese society feel left behind by the economic boom.
Achieving “harmony”, however, seems to have meant that any dissenting voices are dealt with swifter and harsher than ever before.
This BBC report told stories of Ding Zilin, the founder of Tiananmen Mothers Network and other dissidents living under the current regime.
