Tom Friedman is the myopic New York Times columnist who write about how the Chinese system of government is better than the American one. Today's news must really present Tom with a dilemma. Activist Chinese lawyer Chen Guangcheng has escaped from house arrest and made his way to the American embassy in Beijing. Chen's "crime" against Chinese society was that he advocated for the handicapped and for families subjected to forced abortions required to maintain the Chinese one child rule. He was convicted in a phony trial in 2006, and after serving his term, he was kept in house arrest without charges for the last three years.
So we have a blind Chinese lawyer who is struggling for families that want children and the handicapped. He sure sounds like a dangerous guy to me. Tom Friedman must be worried that the USA might somehow spirit Chen out of China and get him to America. We cannot have that! Imagine, this is a guy who was fighting against abortions. He cannot be let into the USA. Oh wait. Chen was fighting against forced abortions. There is no way that president Obama will bring him here. NARAL would be upset and this is an election year.
The real truth is that Mr. Chen has revealed once again a simple truth. China is not free. China remains a totalitarian state. China is not a role model for the USA or the world. Oh, and Tom Friedman -- he is an idiot.
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