BBC News: China tightens grip ahead of congress

I am always amused when I read in Americans or British blogs that their respective countries turn into police states. Anyone ben to China lately?

I would recommend to these blogger to talk to any Chinese , former east Germans, Iranians, Russians or Saudi Arabians to really get some first hand experience about heavy policing and locking up citizens for basic democratic right en mass.

America and Britain focus their ‘War on Terror’ mostly on bloody foreigners, nobody really cares about. The religious police in Iran and Saudi Arabia still lock up young woman for being dressed the wrong way or driving a CAR alone. Russian prisons are still overcrowded and China executes criminals as usual.

China is so afraid of loosing face that they lockup and sometimes torture anyone who might disagree with the official line. Especially ahead of the Olympic games being a critic in China is VERY dangerous.

Yes, China has turned exactly into the opposite of what communism originally proposed: a country democratically run by the people for the people.