Quote of the Day

posted Wednesday, 16 January 2008

"Eternal repose to Citizen Wei Wenhua. In the face of violence and brute power, he lifted a citizen's rights, conscience, responsibility and courage." Written by Wang Gongquan after Wei, a 41-year-old “citizen journalist,” was killed taking pictures of Chinese city inspectors beating villagers who tried to block trucks from unloading trash near their homes.