Bloggers and Dissidents Continue Pressure on Chinese Corruption Despite Dictatorship’s Iron Hand

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Liu still China’s invisible man two years after Nobel

AFP – Two years after his Nobel peace prize, Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo remains imprisoned, relatives are under house arrest or cowed into silence and, supporters say, the democratic change he sought seems further away than ever. As the Nobel committee in Oslo prepares to award this year’s prestigious Nobel.

China bloggers expose more corruption: reports

AFP – Chinese officials have launched a probe after microbloggers said they had uncovered another allegedly corrupt leader who owns millions of dollars worth of property, state press said on Thursday. Southern Guangzhou city will investigate urban management official Cai Bin, 56, who has 21 homes.