China: And we don’t stop · Global Voices
John Kennedy

First blind reproductive rights lawyer Chen Guangcheng was charged in August last year for destruction of property and instigating a riot and sentenced to four years in prison, and land rights lawyer Guo Feixiong was arrested in September charged with running an illegal printing press out of his home, terms of sentence yet to be made public.
Then on January first, the day new rules granting foreign journalists increased freedom to interview Chinese citizens came into effect, all-round human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, his wife, his fourteen year-old daughter and three year-old son were forcibly removed from their home and rushed out of Beijing by an entourage of around twenty state security agents, according to posts on Gao's blog, now being updated by AIDS activist friend Hu Jia, himself having been under house arrest for the past six months.
From a post dated January 2, 2007:
中国大陆刚刚过去的2007年元旦是个特殊的日子，这一天《北京奥运会及其筹备期外国记者在华采访规定》开始正式生效。其中第六条”外国记者在华采访，只需征得被采访单位和个人的同意。”这意味着中国政府至少名义上不再给外国记者的采访设置大量无理的限制，这是和国际接轨的必要步骤。早在此规定颁布的 2006年12月1日，就有外国驻华媒体的记者们开始摩拳擦掌，准备好好用实践检验一下这个条款。究竟它是骗人的摆设，虚假的”牌坊”，还是真正能兑现的奥林匹克承诺。检验的绝好方法就是去采访被非法拘禁或者监控的异议人士。那么，采访被北京市公安局国保总队的”盖世太保”们严密拘禁的高智晟律师或是他的家人，成为海外驻华媒体的重要选题。
然而，海外记者能想到的，北京市公安局国保总队也基本能想到，公安部国内安全保卫局和中共中央政法委拥有丰富”斗争经验”的”盖世太保”头目们更能想到。针对全世界广泛关注高智晟律师的奥运人权大案，北京市公安局国保总队为了铲除后患，阻止任何外国记者对高智晟或其妻子儿女的采访，遂将其全家趁夜幕押解出京。
A post the next day says Gao and his family's whereabouts remained unknown, followed by a January 6 post which reports that Gao is currently back in his hometown in northwestern Shaanxi province.
There are still 584 days left until the opening of the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics, Hu writes at the end of his January 2nd post.