{"id":13083,"date":"2007-06-07T13:57:13","date_gmt":"2007-06-07T20:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/06\/07\/chinas-woes-vindicate-whistle-blower-christopher-bodeen-updated\/"},"modified":"2007-06-07T13:57:13","modified_gmt":"2007-06-07T20:57:13","slug":"chinas-woes-vindicate-whistle-blower-christopher-bodeen-updated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/06\/chinas-woes-vindicate-whistle-blower-christopher-bodeen-updated\/","title":{"rendered":"China&#8217;s Woes Vindicate Whistle-Blower &#8211; Christopher Bodeen (Updated)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nMore about <a href=\"\/2007\/06\/ecowarrior_faces_jail_term_in_china_the_times_of_india.php\" target=\"_blank\">jailed environmentalist Wu Lihong<\/a> and his fight to save Lake Tai:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/defenders%20of%20the%20taihu.jpg\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/defenders%20of%20the%20taihu.jpg','popup','width=150,height=199,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/defenders%20of%20the%20taihu-tm.jpg\" height=\"100\" width=\"75\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\"Defenders Of The Taihu\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pacificenvironment.org\/article.php?id=1862\" target=\"_blank\">Wu Lihong<\/a> warned for years that pollution was strangling his beloved Lake Tai.<\/p>\n<p>Yet when a disastrous algae bloom, fed in part by pollution, <a href=\"\/2007\/06\/water_crisis_wuxi_china_protest_video.php\" target=\"_blank\">forced a lakeside city to shut off its drinking water <\/a>two weeks ago, the salesman-turned-environmental campaigner had little chance to savor his vindication.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nDetained in April, he is due to stand trial on extortion charges that friends and family say were concocted to punish him for exposing local government inaction.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailycomet.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20070607\/API\/706071672\" target=\"_blank\"> [Full text]<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<span style=\"color:#1919ff;text-decoration:underline;\"><br \/>\n<br \/><\/span>UPDATE: See &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alertnet.org\/thenews\/newsdesk\/PEK156971.htm\" target=\"_blank\">China activist trial &#8220;put off&#8221; amid torture claim<\/a>&#8221; from Reuters.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nPhoto of Wu Lihong <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pacificenvironment.org\/article.php?id=1862\" target=\"_blank\">via Pacific Environment<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More about jailed environmentalist Wu Lihong and his fight to save Lake Tai: Wu Lihong warned for years that pollution was strangling his beloved Lake Tai. 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