Chinese Dissident's Wife Searching For Justice

Wired News launched its redesign today, and 27b's own Luke O'Brien came through with a wrenching story of Yu Ling, the wife of a Chinese freedom fighter serving 10 years for writing about democracy. Yu is now in the States hoping to find a lawyer who will sue Yahoo!, who she says is responsible for ratting out her husband to the totalitarian Chinese censors.

Wang picks up the phone: "Yes?"

"Are you home?" asks the unfamiliar voice on the other end.

"Yes."

The line goes dead.

Moments later, government agents swarm through the front door -- 10 of them, some in uniform, some not. They take Wang away. They take his computers and disks. They shove an official notice into Yu's hands, tell her to keep quiet, and leave. This is how it's done in China. This is how the internet police grab you.

Full story here.