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...radical about Wu Ying, and it's not just his bushy Che Guevara beard. As CEO of China operations for telecommunications company UTStarcom, Wu caused something of a revolution by introducing an inexpensive alternative to the mobile phone in a regulatory environment fuzzier than his facial hair. UTStarcom's Xiao Lingtong (Little Smart) handsets may look and act like cell phones, but in China, where the government allows only two firms to provide cellular service, Wu has had to convince telecom mandarins that cell phones are actually just a wireless extension of fixed-line phones--like household cordless phones...
...groups of Beijing-based legal scholars have sent petitions to China's National People's Congress, calling for an inquiry into Sun's case and arguing that the C.-and-R. system is illegal under at least two separate Chinese laws. "This case has become a national event," says Xiao Han, an author of one of the petitions. "The government has no choice but to address...
...weeks, China's leaders have told their people that, despite the SARS crisis, life should proceed almost as usual. To the chagrin of human rights watchers, a Liaoning provincial court is indeed conducting business as usual. On May 9, it convicted labor activists Yao Fuxin, 52, and Xiao Yunliang, 56, of "subverting the political power of the state." Yao received a seven-year jail term; Xiao, four years. Their one-day trial occurred five months ago, but the sentencing date was announced on May 6, preventing their Beijing-based lawyer, Mo Shaoping, from attending, as Liaoning is now quarantining visitors...
...activists' main offense? Last spring, Yao and Xiao led some 30,000 laid-off Liaoning factory workers in one of the largest labor demonstrations in five decades of communist rule. Included in the indictment were charges that Yao and Xiao listened to the Voice of America and Radio France International, and discussed their ideas with foreign journalists. They were also accused of forming a chapter of the banned China Democracy Party, a charge they deny. "We'll appeal, of course," says lawyer Mo. "But without significant international pressure, the chances of winning look awfully small." Even in these strange days...
...Currier House, Jessica L. Berenbeim, Jonathan W.E. Darman, Ceridwen Dovey, Nicholas H. Horbaczewski, Jennifer L. Nelson and David Y. Xiao...