Falun Gong members marching in Regent St, Central London…

From the BBC…
More bloggers than ever face arrest for exposing human rights abuses or criticising governments, says a report.
Since 2003, 64 people have been arrested for publishing their views on a blog, says the University of Washington annual report.
In 2007 three times as many people were arrested for blogging about political issues than in 2006, [...]

Jia Ching has some pix from China…

[(L) Shaw San, Chinese Progressive Association organizer, Chinatown, San Francisco...]

Chinatown, San Francisco…

One of the people I was honored to meet and befriend during my stay in the Bay Area is Comrade Jia Ching…

Since JC, a PhD scholar at UC Berkeley, is about to leave for China on a research trip, and since I’m too leaving the US soon, after I’m done with my terror project, back [...]

Photojournalist Liu Jianqiang, UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism 2008 Commencement…

From Socialist Worker…
China’s rulers want to use the Olympics to show how China has become a major world power – and are desperate to avoid any exposure of the ugly realities of China’s growth.
They now face the dilemma of either having the torch relayed behind a massive military presence, or risking further pro-independence demonstrations.
In [...]

A video report in English could be found here…

I uploaded more pix of the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco…

More photos here…

Despite the stormy weather and heavy rain, thousands took part in San Francisco’s Chinese New Year Parade…

I took more photos which I’ll be uploading in the coming few days…
It’s the Year of the Rat… Kol sana wentom tayyebeen…

Photojournalist Liu Jianqiang is one of China’s leading investigative reporters and environmentalists. His stories, with China’s Southern Weekend, have led the Chinese central government to suspend a number of illegally constructed power dams. Photo taken at UC Berkeley’s Jschool courtyard.