China is said to order halt to calls for political reform

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Wed Aug-27-03 04:33 PM
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China is said to order halt to calls for political reform

http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2003/08/27/china_is_said_to_order_halt_to_calls_for_political_reform/

BEIJING -- After several months of permitting China's intellectuals the freedom to call for political reform, ponder sweeping revisions to the constitution and consider changes in the official history of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, the Communist Party has reportedly ordered a stop to such debate, and security personnel have begun harassing leading academics, economists and legal scholars.

do they have a patriot act too??

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