... this. Given that the news of many arrests is not reported publicly, we cannot be sure how many others have been arrested recently. ... observers say the detention of Zeng Hongling, who wrote about official corruption in school construction and post-quake relief efforts, fits a pattern in which the Communist Party is tightening the noose around an increasingly vocal civil society. ...

... were fired. Two fathers of children killed in schools said in separate interviews that officials had told them public gatherings and petitioning the government were no longer permitted. Zeng Hongling, a local crusader who wrote three articles lashing out at the government's earthquake response, was detained on suspicion of inciting subversion, according to the Information Center for Human ...