China jails activist for "Subversion"

Joseph LoBiondo
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/04/wchina104.xml

I. Citation
China jails activist for "Subversion"
The Daily Telegraph
Richard Spencer
4/3/08

II. This article is about a young Chinese man who was jailed for three and a half years for speaking against the communist government. As soon as he was charged both the European union and the United States condemned the trial saying "In this olympic year we , we urge China to seize the opportunity to put its best face forward and take steps to improve its record on human rights and religious freedom," said a statement from the US embassy in Beijing. The man originally started to become political on environmental issues then gradually his speeches became more controversial.
III.Reactions:
A. This article relates to development and interactions of cultures. It relates to this because China is a communist nation that does not allow free speech.
B. After the Qing dynasty fell in 1911 the Republic of China took office. The Republic of China was evantually defeated in the chinese civil war in 1949 by Mao Zedong's Communist forces. Forming the People's Republic of China.
C. The author is a white male Englishman in Beijing.
D. You can tell that the author may hold some bias towards the Chinese because he might not believe in socialism or communism.
E. The article is missing the point of view of a chinese Lawmaker or one of the judges presiding over the case.