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Proposals for a central database of all mobile phone and internet traffic have been condemned as "Orwellian".

But the Lib Dems slammed the idea as "incompatible with a free country", while the Tories called on the government to justify its plans.

"Ministers claim the database will only be used in terrorist cases, but there is now a long list of cases, from the arrest of Walter Wolfgang for heckling at a Labour conference to the freezing of Icelandic assets, where anti-terrorism law has been used for purposes for which it was not intended."

　　本書讓兩岸共同看見世界本小與人性本同，理解到人權才是走向融合的大基礎。——群智基金會創始人  毛向輝

北京，是中國的首都，也是中國政治權力中心，經常成為中國政權的代稱，自然因著奧運展示舞台的設計，傾全力地擦脂抹粉。　　真實的北京，與為了迎接奧運而生的北京，自然是不同風貌，而在這濃妝豔抹、誇耀虛華的背後，隱藏著多少犧牲與逼迫，多少流離與破壞，多少放棄與失去……？　　本書想要記錄的，是卸妝後真實的北京，是強力宣傳之外的北京風景，是看不見的北京，是回歸人的本質之後，才能看見的北京！