TightWind is written by Kyle Baxter. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

China has held dissident Liu Xiaobo’s wife under house arrest for 2 years, since Liu was imprisoned for calling for democratic reforms in China. The Chinese government is holding Liu Xia under house arrest without any legal justification, and it’s believed they are doing so to try to pressure Liu Xiaobo to go into exile:

His wife Liu Xia, an even softer-spoken poet and photographer, has been similarly silenced. She’s being held in her own flat in Beijing.

She’s been there for two years, detained just a couple of days after her husband was announced as the 2010 winner.

That’s what the Chinese government (and CCP) does: it imprisons people who are critical of its actions, and harms their family and friends to silence them. The party has no compunction for squashing its own people, because the party is more important than mere individuals. Individuals are merely grist to the mill, resources to be ground up to achieve their goals.