Chinese move to prevent reporting on protests

"It's absolutely outrageous that in the middle of Beijing, the capital of China, a foreign reporter can be kicked and beaten in the face and the authorities just blame the journalist, saying he was in breach of some regulations," said the association's president, Stephen McDonell, a correspondent for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. "It's a terrible development." -- Ah, totalitarianism rears its ugly head. This is what it means to be completely free, unless you do what the government doesn't want you doing. The US is not far behind.