{"id":2825,"date":"2014-10-09T09:30:54","date_gmt":"2014-10-09T01:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=2825"},"modified":"2014-10-08T22:25:08","modified_gmt":"2014-10-08T14:25:08","slug":"umbrella-supporting-poetry-readers-detained-in-beijing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=2825","title":{"rendered":"Umbrella Supporting Poetry Readers Detained in Beijing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gallery-slides\">\n<div class=\"gallery-frame\">\n<p><a class=\"colorbox init-colorbox-processed-processed cboxElement\" title=\"A road sign at the Songzhuang artists' community on the outskirts of Beijing. Photo: Luo Xianjun\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china-insider\/article\/1612157\/hong-kong-poem-recital-leads-detentions-beijing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"gallery-[field_images-1612157]\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazyload-processed aligncenter\" title=\"A road sign at the Songzhuang artists' community on the outskirts of Beijing. Photo: Luo Xianjun\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/486x302\/public\/2014\/10\/08\/luo_xianjun_10dec07_fe_songzhuang5_img_1984_5658857.jpg?resize=320%2C202\" alt=\"luo_xianjun_10dec07_fe_songzhuang5_img_1984_5658857.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" data-original=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/486x302\/public\/2014\/10\/08\/luo_xianjun_10dec07_fe_songzhuang5_img_1984_5658857.jpg?resize=320%2C202\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>From the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china-insider\/article\/1612157\/hong-kong-poem-recital-leads-detentions-beijing\" target=\"_blank\">South China Morning Post<\/a>:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p>Police in Beijing detained at least seven people over a poem reading meeting last week in support of pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong &#8230; The seven participated or intended to participate in an October 2 poem recital at the Songzhuang artists\u2019 community in the capital in support of the Occupy movement in Hong Kong.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Click the image above for the whole article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the South China Morning Post: Police in Beijing detained at least seven people over a poem reading meeting last week in support of pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong &#8230; The seven participated or intended to participate in an October &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=2825\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8srwF-Jz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":38,"url":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=38","url_meta":{"origin":2825,"position":0},"title":"Xi Chuan on Tagore and Modern Chinese Poetry","author":"Lucas Klein","date":"October 7, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"I just came across the following video, a lecture by Xi Chuan in English from Spring, 2009, to the Columbia University Alumni Association in Beijing. 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