Archive for May, 2009

Shenjian Village under siege from government forces

Posted by Daniel Teng on Thursday, May 28th, 2009
 
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Since May 18th until today, Shenjian Village in Hebei Province has been under the control of Public Security Forces and armed police sent by Chinese Communist authorities. Outbound traffic from Shenjian Village has been blocked for last ten days, and villagers are being monitored by Party Cadres and Public Security. They are unable to leave [...]

Chinese tourists spy on Taiwan military installations

Posted by Daniel Teng on Thursday, May 28th, 2009
 
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The Chairman of a Chinese technology company, Ma Zhongfei, is suspected of spying on Taiwanese military installations, during his visit to the island nation. According to mainland Chinese media, at around 4pm on May 25th, Ma rushed into an Army Recruitment Centre along Jilong Road in Taipei. He took pictures of the centre’s interior and [...]

159 students get food poisoning in Heilongjiang school

Posted by Daniel Teng on Thursday, May 28th, 2009

159 students from the Changshuihe Farming School appear to have caught food poisoning, some of the symptoms include nausea and vomiting. All children are being treated in hospital. The Changshuihe School is located in Heilongjiang Province.

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Chinese professor openly criticizes authorities’ mind control

Posted by Chris Thomas on Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

The Epoch Times: Xia Yeliang, Professor of Economics at Peking University (PKU), recently wrote an open letter on his blog to Propaganda Minister Liu Yunshan, criticizing the Central Propaganda Department’s ideological control, as well as its repression of academic and journalistic freedom.

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Beijing authorities ignoring justice for lawyers beaten by police

Posted by Chris Thomas on Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
 
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The Epoch Times: After Beijing lawyers Li Chunfu and Zhang Kai handled the case of Jiang Xiqing, a Falun Gong practitioner who died under suspicious circumstances, they were beaten by Chongqing police. Since then, a wave of protests has broken out among networks of lawyers in China. These two lawyers have been continuously appealing to [...]