When will this end? Oh so merciful to your people, "People's Republic of China"!

"Eight times since June, this 55-year-old activist (冯正虎, Feng) has been rebuffed by Chinese officials in his attempts to reenter his homeland, with no reason being given. Feng, an economist turned human rights author and blogger, was sentenced in 2000 to three years in a Chinese prison for writing a book he said criticized Chinese regulations against foreign company investment. He also believes a speech he once gave criticizing the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown is being held against him. Still, he said, officials cannot banish him on mere pretense. Speaking on his cellphone recently, Feng said he would prefer to languish in a Chinese jail rather than live as a free man in Japan or anywhere else. Although he is angry at his government, Feng misses his homeland -- his family, his friends, the feel of the place he has spent most of his life.

Feng's plight is reminiscent of that of the Tom Hanks character in Steven Spielberg's 2004 film "The Terminal." But this unlikely sojourner has no access to food courts or hot showers." excerpts from a report By John M. Glionna and Catherine Makino
November 18, 2009

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