VIP Reference
Date: 1995 - 2005 [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]
Region: Asia [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|{location3}]]
Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]
Medium: Electronic Media [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]
Artist: Lin Hai
Confronting Bodies: Shanghai foreign affairs office officials
Dates of Action: December 1998
Location: Shanghai, China
Description of Artwork: Lin Hai is accused of using the internet to subvert the Chinese socialist system.
The Incident: Lin Hai was arrested in December, 1998, for supplying e-mail addresses to an overseas publication called "VIP Reference." Which enabled them to bypass China's censor. Lin Hai was charged with "subverting the socialist system."
Results of Incident: Lin Hai's trial was closed to the public. Chinese officials suggests that it "involves government internal affairs."
Source: Index on Censorship, 1/99 [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]]