Liu Xiaobo

internet - The freedom of human right activists

Western media tend to focus on the unfortunate human right activists who end up in prison. While that is bad enough, the flip-side - here brought to us by ESWN - shows how the internet has dramatically changed their lives for the better.
Liu Xiaobo tells his story:

"No wonder the Chinese Christians say: although the Chinese lack any sense of religion and most of them do not believe in the western God, the universal benefaction of God will not forsake the suffering Chinese people. The Internet is God's present to China. It provided the best tool for the Chinese people in their project to cast off slavery and strive for freedom.

Update: Case in point. Danwei reports on the interviews former Freezing Point editor Li Datong is giving to the foreign media in Beijing.