The small Catholic community in Fanzhi does not have a church and wants property seized in the 1950s back. However, local authorities have already sold it in violation of the law that requires it be returned to its rightful owners. Taiyuan (AsiaNews/UCAN) – A priest suffered heavy blows to the back; two women had an […]
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By WANJul 10, 2008 - 3:10:27 PM
Source: http://www.wan-press.org/china/articles.php?id=382
“Sun Lin is innocent. There is no evidence against him. He received an unlawful sentence. I am furious. Sun Lin is a reporter with high ethical standards. I consider the sentence shameful.” Watson Meng, founding editor of Boxun News, does not mince words when commenting on the recent […]
Exactly one month before the games, on Tuesday, July 8, the largest press centre ever created for the games was inaugurated. But the record numbers conceal the government’s fears: a reporter from Hong Kong has been denied entry, and there is controversy over “real time” coverage of the events.
Beijing (AsiaNews/Agencies) - Exactly one […]
by Nirmala CarvalhoPro-Tibet groups launch a campaign for Olympic athletes to remember the persecution in Tibet. Meanwhile, more than 1,000 monks are in prison, and will be freed only after the Games.
New Delhi (AsiaNews/Agencies) - One month from the beginning of the Beijing Olympics, the group Students for a Free Tibet, together with […]
Editors: Death Threats from Erotic Bathing CentersBy www.chinafreepress.orgJul 7, 2008 - 2:16:50 PMHarbin–”Our bathing centers are exposed by media and the bosses will unit to kill the journalist”, editor department of Heilongjiang Morning Post received more than 10 calls with death threats in the morning on June 4 in Harbin city, Heilongjiang province. One of […]
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Uighur detainees faced Chinese torture methods at Gitmo
Article LinkSubmitted by Bill Weinberg on Sun, 07/06/2008 - 01:16.A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit has released declassified portions of a June 20 decision that a Combatant Status Review Tribunal had improperly designated a Chinese Uighur detained at Guantanamo Bay […]
Read more...In Guizhou, four officials have been fired after protests over a girl’s death, and accusations of severe malfeasance. In Shaanxi, numerous officials falsified photos of a rare tiger in order to obtain funds, but the citizens have unmasked them.
Beijing (AsiaNews/Agencies) - At least four officials have been fired after being implicated in the death […]
One of the Worst Demonstrations since Tiananmen Massacre in 1989
By Li Xin, Lee Wen, and Xion Bin
New Tang Dynasty TV
Jul 05, 2008
Dozens of police vehicles were rolled over and set on fire by protesters. (The Epoch Times)
The largest unrest since the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre has been quashed in southwest China’s Weng’an County in […]
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 >
