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China Calls Dalai Lama 'Anti-Human Rights'

China Calls Dalai Lama 'Anti-Human Rights'

04.13.08 posted by jason 100 views no comments
This seems like the pot calling the kettle black, given China's unimpressive record on this subject. China is also claiming the Dalai Lama is trying to "undermine China's stability and unity, disgrace China worldwide, and even sabotage the Olympic torch relay by all sorts of violent means." Clearly, the China PR machine is now in overdrive.
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China Recalls Weapons Bound for Zimbabwe

China Recalls Weapons Bound for Zimbabwe

04.24.08 posted by jason 92 views no comments
A ship carrying weapons to Zimbabwe is likely to return to China after neighboring countries refused to unload it, says the foreign ministry.The US had urged China to recall the shipment, while the UK has called for an international arms embargo on landlocked Zimbabwe. The country remains embroiled in a post-election crisis that could get violent at any moment.
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Blogflict: The Beijing Internet Police Make an Arrest

Blogflict: The Beijing Internet Police Make an Arrest

05.11.08 posted by jason 78 views no comments
The Beijing Internet Police have arrested a man named Tang who wrote in an Internet chat room that he wanted to grab the Olympic Torch. China monitors the Internet use and habits of its citizens. Its one thing to keep the country safe from violence, its another to silence dissident voices. Read the full story and share your thoughts at blogflict.
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Aftershocks Rattle China

Aftershocks Rattle China

05.25.08 posted by jason 65 views no comments
China was hit with large aftershocks today, damaging over 70,000 buildings and frightening millions more. The aftershock registered at 5.8 and hit at 4:21pm local time. Meanwhile the death toll continues to rise, with now 62,000 confirmed dead.
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Protest as Olympic Torch is Lit

Protest as Olympic Torch is Lit

03.24.08 posted by jason 113 views no comments
A lone protester managed to breach the tight security during the Olympic torch lighting ceremony in Greece. The man rushed behind the podium as China's Olympic chief was speaking. He tried to unfurl an unidentified banner, but was quickly apprehended by security who escorted him away.
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China says 35 arrested in Olympics bomb plot

China says 35 arrested in Olympics bomb plot

04.10.08 posted by chab13 97 views no comments
Islamic terrorists planned to attack Beijing, Shanghai and other Chinese locations with poisonous gas and explosives to sabotage the Summer Olympic Games, China announced Thursday.
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China Orders 'Study Sessions' for Officials in Tibet

China Orders 'Study Sessions' for Officials in Tibet

04.04.08 posted by jason 96 views no comments
China wants to make sure officials deployed within Tibet do not have political leanings or sympathies towards Tibet. Officials will partake in study sessions' that will provide them with an education as to why unity between China and Tibet is critical, while debunking any theories that China was in the wrong during its recent crackdown.
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Chinese president faces criticism over Tibet in Japan

Chinese president faces criticism over Tibet in Japan

05.08.08 posted by jason 70 views no comments
China's president faced hundreds of protesters and sharp criticism of his Tibet policy outside an elite Tokyo university Thursday, signaling the tensions underlining a visit meant to showcase warm Japan-China ties. Inside Waseda University, President Hu Jintao urged Beijing and Tokyo to put their bitter wartime history behind them.
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Violence Grips Tibet

Violence Grips Tibet

03.19.08 posted by jason 102 views 1 comment
Blood flows down the face of a Tibetan monk after he was hit by police during a Tibetan solidarity rally outside the UN office in Kathmandu, Nepal, yesterday

Child Virus Fears Spread to China's capital as Death Toll hits 26

Child Virus Fears Spread to China's capital as Death Toll hits 26

05.06.08 posted by jason 67 views 1 comment
Hand-foot-mouth disease has struck 11,905 people and has proved fatal in 26 cases, all of them children, China's state-run news agency Xinhua reported. The current outbreak has led to fatalities mostly when linked with enterovirus 71 (EV71), which can cause a severe form of the disease that can lead to high fever, paralysis and viral meningitis.
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