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Title: Man held in attempt to set fire to Mao portrait in Beijing
Post by: Foxy Brown on May 14, 2007, 03:36:42 PM

Chinese police on Saturday arrested a man who allegedly tried to set fire to the giant portrait of Chairman Mao Tse-tung in Tiananmen Square, the official New China News Agency reported. (http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-mao13may13,1,4299219.story?coll=la-headlines-world&ctrack=1&cset=true)

Title: Re: Man held in attempt to set fire to Mao portrait in Beijing
Post by: schol3s on May 14, 2007, 04:09:03 PM

that guy is damn weak.... only manage to throw up to the level of Mao's shirt...
i wonder will the burned picture be up for sale... i think it will cost alot since it was put up there for so many years even though had only a little burn mark on Mao's shirt....

Title: Re: Man held in attempt to set fire to Mao portrait in Beijing
Post by: frblckstr1 on May 14, 2007, 04:27:49 PM

^ can't get onto the article's site (needs login) but from another picture I have seen, it looked like it was thrown onto the portait from above.

Title: Re: Man held in attempt to set fire to Mao portrait in Beijing
Post by: Foxy Brown on May 14, 2007, 04:33:31 PM

Quote from: frblckstr1 on May 14, 2007, 04:27:49 PM

^ can't get onto the article's site (needs login) but from another picture I have seen, it looked like it was thrown onto the portait from above.

It worked fine for me, but here's an alternate link.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6650123.stm

Title: Re: Man held in attempt to set fire to Mao portrait in Beijing
Post by: nop on May 15, 2007, 06:33:14 AM

Hope he will not be killed or tortured.