China's crackdown on NGOs

Back when the RZA was finishing up her mba at Texas, her and her husband Porkchop went to China with some of her cohort (I only have a vague idea of what a cohort is). When they came back I was curious about the trip, and we ended up talking a little bit about the political situation. I was pretty curious about what was really happening over there, having been hammered with media reports about the new economic superpower, and also wanted to know what the average Chinese "wo/man in the street" thought. RZA and Porkchop both responded that the average Chinese didn't really talk a lot of politics with foreigners, and that there was some "weird things" happening over there. I tried to find out more, and they explained a little bit about the labor-issues with peasants moving to the city and such, and that their hamburgers tasted "a little weird".

I wanted to find out more, but soon lost interest as there was a special on Mexican Martinis at Tru-dogs, and later forgot about the whole thing.

This article in Foreign Policy gives a little insight into what is currently going on with the Politburo in China, and how they view freedom of expression and Western influence (especially from blogs).



Now where's that Martini..?