Comments on: Professor Han Deqiang, Founder Of Maoist Organization Utopia, Accused Of Slapping Old Man For Besmirching The Dead Chairman

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Wed, 03 Oct 2012 17:38:08 +0000

[...] of a elderly man by Han Deqiang, a high-profile member of China’s Maoist community this weekfollowed a similar incident in Henan province last [...]

By: enoch

enoch — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:54:52 +0000

Despicable. I’m glad he admitted to it even though his defense is ridiculous.

Ai Weiwei of course, still refuses to admit that he struck Wu Fatian.

My dream would be that both are arrested and put in the same cell. Hey, I can dream.

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The Sinocism China Newsletter For 09.21.12 | Sinocism — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 02:16:05 +0000

[...] Professor Han Deqiang, Founder Of Maoist Organization Utopia, Accused Of Slapping Old Man For Besmir… netizens identified the younger man as Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics professor Han Deqiang, a well known economist and better-known founder of Utopia, a Maoist organization whose website remains shut down since April [...]

By: narsfweasels

narsfweasels — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 04:03:07 +0000

Interesting justification for slapping the old man, which basically boils down to “I didn’t like what he was saying”.

By: The Tao

The Tao — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 03:52:15 +0000

That’s a good find. I only tested wyzxsx.com.

By: jdmartinsen

jdmartinsen — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 03:50:11 +0000

I'd not realized Utopia had gone back online until I looked around for the text version of Han Deqiang's defiant statement defending his actions, and found it on right there on the Utopia bookstore website. Seems to have returned sometime in June...