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Charles Oliver | 7.2.2004 12:00 AM

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China has reportedly ordered the family of AIDS activist Hu Jia to have him committed for psychiatric care. His family says they see no signs of mental illness in him. But if they refuse, the government will do so. He has been under house arrest since trying to meet with the U.S. ambassador to China.

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Charles Oliver is a contributing editor at Reason.

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