• Commentary  By Stanley Lubman   But is there any evidence of
substantive reform?  Sina Weibo A screenshot shows a post
announcing the release from labor camp of Tang Hui, a mother
pushing for harsher punishment of seven men who allegedly raped
her daughter, published on August 10, 2012 on the Xinhua news
agency’s account on the Sina Weibo microblogging service.
Controversy over laojiao broke out into the open recently
following a social media storm over the case of Tang Hui, the
mother of a young girl who had been kidnapped, raped and sold
into prostitution by seven men.  Tang was sentenced by the
police without a trial to 18 months of laojiao in August.Her
offense? She had vigorously and publicly protested against
police delay in responding to the crime and demanded death
sentences for all the men involved. (Two did receive death
sentences and the others received lengthy sentences.) Public
outcry not only led to Tang Hui’s release so that she could be
“re-educated without detention,” but also fueled suppo