Beijing Paper’s Journalists Walk Out

Among headlines I thought I’d never see:
“Chinese Journalists Strike as Editor Is Sacked” (HT Ace)

Wouldn’t it be something if the struggle for personal and press freedoms in China becomes the one of 2006’s top stories?

If it is to happen, 2006 may have to be the year. The police state apparatus is getting ever stronger (thanks in part to the help of American technology–see previous posts below), and enough early pressure on the government ahead of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing may force leaders to open up society more to avoid embarrassing demonstrations while the eyes of the world are fixed in China’s direction.
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Previous Posts:
Dec. 11, 2005 — Chinese Officials Attempting to Pay Hush Money to Families of Murdered Protesters
Nov. 7 — Our Friends the Chinese
Oct. 22 — Chinese Censorship: Bad News and Good News
Oct. 20 — “I Do NOT Yahoo!” Update: A Chinese Dissident Speaks Out
Oct. 8 — Is There Anything American Tech Companies Won’t Do to Kowtow to China?
Oct. 1 — More on China Repression and Yahoo! Enablers
Sept. 30 — UPDATE: China Repression with American Technology–On Smart Mobs, BBS, and SMS
Sept. 26 — China Crackdown Continues: First Blogs, Now Internet News and Web Sites
Sept. 18 — I Do Not “Yahoo!” Update: WaPo Weighs In
Sept. 14 — I Do Not “Yahoo!” Follow-up
Sept. 11 — I Do Not (and Will Not) “Yahoo!”
Aug. 16 — Biz Weak Inadvertently Tells Us Why CNOOC-Unocal Was a Bad Idea
Aug. 5 — Chinese Company Ends Attempt to Buy Unocal–PRC, WSJ Whine in Unison
July 4 — The Bull in Oppressive China’s Shopping