Chinese bishop dies in prison, after years of detention and forced labor

Story here.  This and many similar stories provide -- and must be seen as providing -- a heavy dose of cold water on the enthusiasms of those who imagine that, because China is growing economically and getting richer, it is becoming less of a massive human-rights violator.  Universities, in particular, should resist, in principle, the temptation to avert their institutional eyes from these violations and from the realities about the authorities in the PRC.