200706041147A daring adventurer who bills himself as Spiderman and attempts to climb the world’s most distinctive structures has been detained by Chinese authorities.:

Intrepid climber Alain Robert, nicknamed the “French Spiderman”, has been jailed for five days after scaling China’s tallest building, police and French officials said Friday.
Robert’s climb up Shanghai’s 430-metre (1,420-feet) Jin Mao Tower Thursday without safety ropes attracted a large crowd and stopped traffic. He was arrested upon returning to ground level.

“Alain Robert has not been expelled, but he has been jailed for an expected period of five days,” France’s deputy consul general in Shanghai, Anne Denis-Blanchardon, told AFP.

“We are trying to obtain a reduction in his punishment and get access to him in prison.”

A spokeswoman for China’s Public Security Office, who gave only her surname Xin, confirmed that Robert had been arrested after his daring feat and would face an “administrative detention” of five days.

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  1. heh! i like this guy a lot and i guess his spider-man outfit has improved over the years. don’t know why this surfaced right about now though. i guess i’ve seen the news of detainment on tv like last week or so…

  2. Hate to say China has laws, if you can’t do the time don’t do the crime,!!. 5 days is not a lot, I think in any country he would get the same. Alain Robert has not been expelled, but he has been jailed for an expected period of five days,” France’s deputy consul general in Shanghai, Anne Denis-Blanchardon, told AFP. “We are trying to obtain a reduction in his punishment and get access to him in prison.” This is why the French have so much attitude in Vhina. They always say I will call the consulate when they start trouble and the police come. He commited a crime he pays the fine and time. What is wrong with that. It does not matter your French or black or white or Chinese it’s against the law!! It’s not even news. It’s news if they made him clean the whole buildings windows!.

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