{"id":73501,"date":"2010-05-18T11:12:37","date_gmt":"2010-05-18T18:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=73501"},"modified":"2016-08-25T13:33:03","modified_gmt":"2016-08-25T20:33:03","slug":"%e2%80%98butcher%e2%80%99-takes-web-fight-to-beijing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2010\/05\/%e2%80%98butcher%e2%80%99-takes-web-fight-to-beijing\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Butcher\u2019 Takes Web Fight to Beijing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/cms\/s\/0\/4c21b50e-6290-11df-991f-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=9c33700c-4c86-11da-89df-0000779e2340.html?ftcamp=rss\">Financial Times profiles<\/a> Internet activist Wu Gan, aka &#8220;The Butcher&#8221;:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>From his Beijing office, which he has dubbed \u201cthe Abattoir\u201d, he spends most days scanning online newspaper and blog reports for hints of scandals, cover-ups and official misdeeds that he can investigate and expose to public scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>He is one of the most daring of a growing band of full-time, internet-savvy, Chinese social activists who are beginning to take their calls for justice and transparency from the virtual into the real world.<\/p>\n<p>With his shaved head, goatee beard, burly frame and wide, disarming smile this former aviation sector official and entrepreneur resembles a warrior monk, an impression that is heightened by the Buddhist prayer beads he always carries with him.<\/p>\n<p>His zealous defence of downtrodden citizens who take on the might of the Communist party has a religious tinge to it, as does his aura of impending martyrdom when discussing the government\u2019s response to him and his fellow \u201cnetizen\u201d activists.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Watch also <a href=\"http:\/\/video.ft.com\/v\/83290715001\/May-Chinese-internet-activists-take-protests-to-the-real-world\">a video report <\/a>from FT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Financial Times profiles Internet activist Wu Gan, aka &#8220;The Butcher&#8221;: From his Beijing office, which he has dubbed \u201cthe Abattoir\u201d, he spends most days scanning online newspaper and blog reports for hints of scandals, cover-ups and official misdeeds that he can investigate and expose to public scrutiny. 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