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        With regard to the most significant Chinese democracy movement in over a decade Clinton merely said that "those who advocate peacefully for reform within the constitution, such as Charter 2008 signatories, should not be prosecuted."

        In doing so, she glossed over the fact that, Liu Xiao-bo, one of China's most prominent dissidents and a leading symbol of reform is being prosecuted. Last week, on International Human Rights Day, and soon after the president raised cases of dissidents with General Secretary Hu Jintao, communist authorities indicted Liu on charges of "inciting subversion to state power." According to reports, the case is based on his essays and his signing of Charter 08, a manifesto for a democratic system based on the rule of law which was  released one year ago this month. (An English translation of Charter 08 by Perry Link can be found here.)