China warns UN not to interfere as dissidents are rounded up
By Clifford Coonan in Beijing
Wednesday, 30 March 2011
China told the United Nations to stay out of its affairs yesterday amid criticism of one of the biggest roundups of dissidents for years, prompted by fears that protests sweeping the Arab world could inspire a similar uprising against the authoritarian regime.
Australia called for authorities to reveal the whereabouts of a political blogger who has not been seen since the weekend, the latest suspected detainee from a big crackdown on political expression that is unprecedented in modern times.