2008-05-12
HONG KONG—The worst earthquake to strike China in decades has killed as many as 9,000 people, according China’s official media, but authorities still haven’t reached numerous areas whose dead could push the toll far higher.
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A strong earthquake ripped through western China on May 12, toppling buildings and killing nearly 9,000 people, according to official […]
The official death toll now stands at 107 with four children dead in a collapsed elementary school. Another 900 are trapped under the rubble. Buildings are damaged in Chongqing and Wanzhou dioceses. People are afraid of going home and are planning to sleep outdoor. President Hu Jintao makes an appeal.
Chongqing (AsiaNews) – At least […]
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Beijing- CAA’s Beijing investigators have learned that after a May 2 incident when police in Sichuan raided and harassed the Autumn Rain Church of Chengdu during a retreat meeting, (for more details click here) the […]
Olympic Games, or Mobilization for War?
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May 10, 2008By Feng ChangleEpoch Times Staff
On May 5, Tian Yixiang, the director of the military bureau’s security command center for the Beijing Olympic Games, told a reporter from the military channel of Xinhua News Net that the main threat to security of the Olympic Games are […]
China sees 30% drop in death penalty
www.chinaview.cn 2008-05-10 00:03:33
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DALIAN, Liaoning Province, May 9 (Xinhua) — Chinese courts handed down about 30 percent fewer death penalties last year compared with 2006, sources from a forum revealed on Friday.
On January 1, 2007 China’s Supreme People’s Court took back the power of […]
Kidnapped girl might be sold to/adopted by foreign coupleBy May 9, 2008 - 12:01:34 PM
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Boxun published a letter from Mr. Zhou Changqi. His daughter was kidnapped by local government as hostage on Jan,19, 2002, to force her mother, who had two children, to receive sterilization surgery, but the local government had never returned back the […]
by Nirmala CarvalhoSpeaking to AsiaNews the vice president of the Tibetan Youth Congress rejects Chinese accusations of terrorism, stressing the difference between his group and the Dalai Lama’s aims, which is only autonomy.
Dharamsala (AsiaNews) – Tibetan dissidents “have no ties to al-Qaeda. Accusations by Chinese propaganda have no basis and are an attempt to […]
Beijing Embraces Classical Fascism
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Article LinkMay 2008 In 2002, I speculated that China may be something we have never seen before: a mature fascist state. Recent events there, especially the mass rage in response to Western criticism, seem to confirm that theory. More significantly, over the intervening six years China’s leaders have consolidated their […]
Read more...As the “Countdown Clock” on Tian’anmen Square ticked backwards toward the July 1 takeover of Hong Kong, Bob Fu and his pregnant wife, Heidi, knew their time was running out, too... Learn More >
