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8 Comments on Back from Beijing: Brian Conley

  1. Justin

    Just thought I should let you know, YouTube is acting strangely with this video, keeps saying “Not available in your country” (I’m in Canada). I smell censorship.

    Glad you have it up on your website in QuickTime.

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  2. Paul Bendat

    It is refreshing to hear that the Chinese have more respect for human rights than we do. Had Brian be arrested by us as a possible terrorist he might have found himself in either some other country (with ’sympathetic’ interrogation laws) or at Gitmo and years later found what he had been changed with.
    While nothing excuses the Chinese, we need to be a lot more self critical of our own horrible record.
    BTW I watched this video in Australia.

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  3. Concerned Ex-Pat in China

    I follow Rocketboom every single day. I love your quirkiness, randomness and how you follow stories in the news (and those that fall through like Ruud’s (sp?) coverage in Africa.) However, recently I’ve been a bit disappointed about the one-sided coverage of the protests in Beijing by Brian Conley and the Students for Free Tibet. I have lived in China for a year and a half and understand the hoops foreigners have to jump though to make Chinese people happy. I, personally, have been subject to the eggshells one has to walk on to succeed in China, all the while still trying to develop a strong bond with the people on the ground level. These people are the heart of China and their views often go unannounced or confused for Beijing’s rhetoric. Yet, if someone just watched Rocketboom recently, many people would assume the Olympics were a disaster. They were not, they were incredibly successful and the average Chinese person went out of their way to help foriegners in a very foreign land. For their sake please cover the other angle of the Tibet story which I eluded to in a message yesterday in the comments section.

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    1. Andrew Baron

      Thanks for the note. I think we have not been unfair to China in our coverage on Rocketboom - all of us working on this project would like to see the two countries get along - the story that Brian tells in interesting because it gets right to the line where the two world’s converge.

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  4. bill c.

    Glad you and Jeff are back, man. Same for Jay & Ryanne, even though they didn’t get caught up in all this.

    1 year ago  ∞
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  5. SteveL

    I agree with everything the other bloggers have said. Let’s look at our Country first.

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  6. beagle

    Can I point out that UK potentially allows an “investigation” of 42 days (!!!) during which you are detained without charge? It’s not just China. I mourned the death of habeas corpus in the country which first guaranteed that essential human right.

    The UK government bought the vote of Ulster Unionists (9 MPs desperate for some love from No. 10) to pass this “anti-terror” legislation (by 9 votes) against the advice of lawyers and security experts. They promised us that it would not be used lightly. I hereby declare on this site and guarantee that the first time the powers will be exercised will be…. London 2012, the 30th Olympiad. Mark my words, it’s so inevitable it’s frightening.

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  7. Back from Beijing: James Powderly of Graffiti Research Lab | Rocketboom

    [...] Joanne speaks with James Powderly of Graffiti Research Lab upon his return to the United States after he was arrested and detained in Beijing last week for videotaping acts of civil disobedience by Students for a Free Tibet during the 2008 Summer Olympics. Related: Back from Beijing: Brian Conley [...]

    1 year ago  ∞
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