When unrest swept North Africa and the Middle East last winter, the Party launched the most intense crackdown on free expression in years.
Meanwhile, the Chinese government, Evan Osnos wrote two weeks ago, has embarked on the most intense crackdown on free expression in years.
AMID their most intense crackdown on dissent in several years, the Chinese authorities have given a rare hint of softening in the case of one prominent activist, Ai Weiwei.
It has justified the intense crackdown by saying that Falun Gong discourages people from seeking medical care, leading to the death of 1,500 Chinese.
The recent antigovernment riots, which began with a sit-in at an Istanbul park scheduled for demolition and grew to encompass the grievances of millions of Turks disillusioned with their government, have largely faded after an intense crackdown about three weeks ago.
Beijing is in the midst of what I call the Big Chill, an ongoing sweep of Chinese writers, activists, lawyers, and others, which constitutes the most intense crackdown on expression in years.
The recent wave of attacks follows the attempted assassination last month of the Afghan intelligence chief, Asadullah Khalid, the architect of the agency's intense crackdown on militants over the past few months.
Step by step — so quietly, in fact, that the full facts of it can be startling — China has embarked on the most intense crackdown on free expression in years.
E-mail address GO SIGN UP Share Tweet Beijing is in the midst of what I call the Big Chill, an ongoing sweep of Chinese writers, activists, lawyers, and others, which constitutes the most intense crackdown on expression in years.
Late in 1991, after Mr. Yoldesh and a few hundred supporters seized a government building in the city of Namangan to demand more rights, the president began an intense crackdown.
