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...Shan P. Patel...
...remained an observer, serving snacks at party meetings. But suddenly faced with finding a lawyer, arranging prison visits and protecting her husband's rights, she began sharing tea and tales with the wives of other political prisoners in Hangzhou. One of them was an outspoken college student named Shan Chengfeng whose husband, Wu Yilong, had co-founded Wang's party. Shan's sharp pen had won her a national essay contest, and she had written much of the party's material. Unlikely allies, the two women took their cause public. Late last year they rounded up 28 signatories...
...High Commission on Human Rights meets in Geneva next week and the U.S. recently announced its intention to sponsor a resolution to censure China for its human rights record. The government is clearly worried by the women's actions: police detained Hu for eight hours in mid-January. Shan suffered much worse. She was sentenced without trial to two years re-education through labor for "disturbing social order...
...International Olympic Committee inspectors arrived in China to assess Beijing's bid to host the 2008 Olympics, Shan Chengfeng, the wife of jailed China Democracy Party founding member Wu Yilong, was sentenced without trial to two years of "reform-through-labor" in eastern Zhejiang province. The 25-year-old activist was one of 28 signatories to an open letter to the I.O.C. arguing that China's political repression violates the Olympic spirit and urging I.O.C. members to use their leverage to speed the release of prominent political prisoners. More than a month since her arrest in nearby Hangzhou, authorities...
...even more remote and challenging adventure, try the Chilai Ridge trail, a rugged pathway along the mountainous spine of Taiwan. The walk begins at Ho Huan Shan hostel, on the northern cross-island highway (#14) about 60 km from Puli. From the hostel hikers need four hours and a lot of stamina to reach the 3,200-m summit of Chilai Ridge. The ridge trail, which then proceeds due south over a succession of rocky outcrops, is regarded as the most dangerous trek in Taiwan, but is unrivaled in beauty. In some places the ridge is sharp as a knife...