In one of the stranger pieces of pro-Chinese Communist propoganda that has emerged so far during the Olympics, the AP does an amazing job making what appears to be the blatant persecution of a Christian into a normal, everyday, "nothing to see here" moment (and maybe that's exactly what it is in China).
The way the article is presented here is how it appeared in this morning's AMNY, the longer version is linked to above:
BEIJING — Security agents detained a Christian activist who was bicycling to a service at a state-sanctioned church attended by President Bush on Sunday, confiscating his Bible and cell phone, the man's brother said.
Hua Huiqi, a member of Beijing's underground Christian church who had been planning to attend the service for days, was being held at an undisclosed location, said his brother, Hua Huilin. It was not immediately clear what Hua Huiqi was going to do at the service.
While it wasn't clear if Bush knew of Hua's situation, the president said after the service that China had nothing to fear from expressions of faith.
"It just goes to show that God is universal," Bush said.
"It was not immediately clear what Hua Huiqi was going to do at the service."
Huh? I dunno, worship? Sing some hymns, perhaps? The man was riding a bicycle, and carrying a cell phone and a Bible. What on earth did they think he was going to do at the service?
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