The prosecution of a SMS political poem written by a local civil servant, Qin Zhongfei in Pang Shui in Chongqing city, has raised great concern from local journalists and bloggers. Li Tian Lun comments [1] that the poem was a great political poem and local government should accept criticism by people.(zh) Zan Ai Zong points out the silencing effect of the case [2] (zh).
China: defending political poem
· Written by Oiwan Lam
Categories: East Asia, China, Freedom of Speech