Freed China dissident Yang Maodong was tortured in custody, say rights groups
Posted by shbanchang on September 30, 2011
A Chinese dissident writer who was freed this week after five years in jail for alleged illegal business activities has said he was wrongly imprisoned and subjected to treatment “beyond people’s imagination”. Yang Maodong said the charges against him were trumped up and that during his time in custody his interrogators questioned him only about [...]
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New Amazon Fire tablet leaves a few questions
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The Amazon Fire tablet, introduced September 28, 2011, promises to shake up the tablet market. Heavy hitters like Apple will be hard pressed to match the Amazon Fire’s 9 price, which is possible by subsidizing the hardware costs with profits from the sale of books, music, movies, and applications that the Amazon Fire is built [...]
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