China may mandate prison for disrespecting national anthem
Source: Associated Press
Updated 12:54 am, Tuesday, October 31, 2017
BEIJING (AP) China's legislature is considering a bill mandating prison sentences of up to three years for disrespecting the national anthem, amid rising nationalist appeals from the ruling Communist Party under the leadership of President Xi Jinping.
The move reported Tuesday by state media follows Xi's appointment to a second five-year term as party leader, for which he has designated as a central motif of realizing the "Chinese Dream" of a powerful, prosperous nation.
Since taking office in 2012, Xi has established a growing cult of personality that leans heavily on his image as a patriotic leader who brooks no slight to national dignity. Hallmarks of his term in office have included a stronger military, bolder foreign policy and aggressive economic expansion abroad, as well as sharply reduced space for criticism or political dissent at home.
The original draft legislation proposed in August called for 15 days in jail for infractions such as playing the anthem on occasions deemed improper, including funerals, or for changing its wording or presenting it in a disrespectful manner.
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Throck
(2,520 posts)Before someone sends it to Trump.
but on point!
rpannier
(24,338 posts)This site isn't faux and fiends
Irish_Dem
(47,382 posts)Last edited Tue Oct 31, 2017, 07:35 AM - Edit history (1)
Turbineguy
(37,365 posts)Now all the American wingnuts will want to move into their country.
Does their air look like they need people who "roll coal"?
mdbl
(4,973 posts)let the wingnuts move to China and see what less freedom is really about.
truthisfreedom
(23,154 posts)Oh yeah, Al Franken.
coolsandy
(479 posts)I thought this is what made us different? Our own freedom of speech will be gone if 45 gets his way.
HAB911
(8,912 posts)dalton99a
(81,570 posts)malthaussen
(17,216 posts)And those on this side of the Pacific will never see the irony.
-- Mal