You gotta be crazy to take on the government in China

BOSTON, Massachusetts — If you are a factory worker demanding back pay or a doctor daring to speak out against illegal medical experiments, you have to be crazy in China. 

In a devastating and well-reported segment on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, contributing correspondent Shannon Van Sant reveals a look inside China's legal system and how local officials are turning to psychiatric hospitals as "a convenient means of silencing troublemakers." 

The piece is based on several months of reporting and aired Tuesday night on PBS. 

The sad kicker is that after being interviewed by Van Sant, several of the victims have been detained again in hospitals against their will. A very powerful piece of reporting.

http://www.globalpost.com/notebook/worldview/090916/you-gotta-be-crazy-take-the-government-china-how-political-dissidents-are