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Tan became a public hero after he referred to a popular Chinese medicinal tonic as a "poison" in his blog, and was then arrested by police from Liangcheng for d

by miles 9y ago

Tan became a public hero after he referred to a popular Chinese medicinal tonic as a "poison" in his blog, and was then arrested by police from Liangcheng for damaging the reputation of Hongmao Pharmaceutical Company, which produces the tonic. This tale, of a state imprisoning one of its citizens over what should be a civil matter at most, sounds familiar... E-waste recycler loses appeal on computer restore disks, must serve prison term https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16921634 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16921634

jack9 9y ago
> E-waste recycler loses appeal on computer restore disks, That's not the same at all. That was consumer fraud.
- TaylorAlexander 9y ago
  What’s funny is we call it fraud here and put the person in jail. In China they don’t call that same act fraud, but they do claim that harming a company’s reputation is a crime. I agree with you that our legal system states he broke the law, but the same may be true of the story in China. The state always justifies its behavior with the law, but that doesn’t make it justice.
  - icebraining 9y ago
    EDIT: nevermind, I misread the post that same act I think what jack9 is saying is that it's not the same act.
    - SpaceNugget 9y ago
      The person you are replying to knows that. He is saying its funny how if you took both people, and put them in the opposite country and had them commit the "same act" that they had done in their home country they would be fine. i.e. copying cds and distributing them is OK by china, and blog posts about unethical advertising of medicine is OK by the US.
      - icebraining 9y ago
        Oh, right, thanks.
ThrowawayR2 9y ago
> E-waste recycler loses appeal on making and selling counterfeit computer restore disks, must serve prison term Fixed your sentence. There's no analogy at all.

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Tan became a public hero after he referred to a popular Chinese medicinal tonic as a "poison" in his blog, and was then arrested by police from Liangcheng for d

by miles 9y ago

jack9 9y ago
> E-waste recycler loses appeal on computer restore disks, That's not the same at all. That was consumer fraud.
- TaylorAlexander 9y ago
  What’s funny is we call it fraud here and put the person in jail. In China they don’t call that same act fraud, but they do claim that harming a company’s reputation is a crime. I agree with you that our legal system states he broke the law, but the same may be true of the story in China. The state always justifies its behavior with the law, but that doesn’t make it justice.
  - icebraining 9y ago
    EDIT: nevermind, I misread the post that same act I think what jack9 is saying is that it's not the same act.
    - SpaceNugget 9y ago
      The person you are replying to knows that. He is saying its funny how if you took both people, and put them in the opposite country and had them commit the "same act" that they had done in their home country they would be fine. i.e. copying cds and distributing them is OK by china, and blog posts about unethical advertising of medicine is OK by the US.
      - icebraining 9y ago
        Oh, right, thanks.
ThrowawayR2 9y ago
> E-waste recycler loses appeal on making and selling counterfeit computer restore disks, must serve prison term Fixed your sentence. There's no analogy at all.