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."

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