Death threats made against Chinese student who voiced support for Tibetans

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When Grace Wang stepped into the middle of a recent rally at Duke University between pro-Tibet and pro-China factions, she was trying to play devil's advocate. But she ended up being branded something of a devil herself -- a sellout to her native China.

The next day, photos of her at the rally popped up on mitbbs.com, the largest bulletin board service for Chinese students in North America. The Chinese characters for "Traitor to China" were emblazoned across her forehead. Personal information from Wang's national identity card and directions to her parents' apartment were posted online. A torrent of threatening e-mail messages and phone calls ensued. Big red letters reading "Kill the whole family" were painted in the hallway of their apartment building. Wang's parents have temporarily moved away.

Soon after Duke's student newspaper reported Wang's story, The New York Times and Washington Post followed suit with front-page articles. Then National Public Radio, Japanese television stations and Taiwanese and Hong Kong news media came knocking. The BBC asked Wang to mediate a radio debate.

Before all this, Wang, 20, was a college freshman with typical freshman objectives -- keeping up with her ambitious course load, dating and coping with dining hall food. But life has grown more complicated since she became the center of an international maelstrom.

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1051712.html

[sasquatch]

1. Remember what the DLC and the RNC says: China is good

:eyes:

[LeftishBrit]

2. Poor girl; that's awful!

And threatening her parents makes it even worse.