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Wednesday, 10 December 2008

"Whistle-Blowers in Chinese City Sent to Mental Hospital"

"BEIJING — Local officials in Shandong Province have apparently found a cost-effective way to deal with gadflies, whistle-blowers and all manner of muckraking citizens who dare to challenge the authorities: dispatch them to the local psychiatric hospital."

NYTimes
Posted by Melissa Chi at 03:03

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