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Inside China Today – Tuesday 4th August

Posted by Daniel Teng on Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
 
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Headlines…
- Pneumonic plague outbreak in Qinghai
- Contaminated water harms 4300 people
- SOH deemed hostile by the CCP
Welcome to the new and improved Inside China Today. Inside China Today now consists of a single podcast 15-30mins in length, and in the near future will feature ‘questions and answers’ sessions, and interviews with China experts and individuals [...]

Petitioners unable to march in Beijing

Posted by Chris Thomas on Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
 
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Over 100 petitioners from Shanghai went to Beijing authorities to apply for a permit to have a march on May 18th, with the appeal of asking the government to adopt the rule of law. But the Communist Party Central Disciplinary Committee and Beijing authorities rejected the application.
Many of the petitioners were force-returned to Shanghai, and [...]

Chinese student to sue CCP

Posted by Chris Thomas on Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

Mr. Haolong Cui, a Chinese Korean student, is said to have sued the Chinese Embassy in South Korea. A year ago on April 27, 2008, when the Beijing Olympic torch arrived at Seoul, thousands of Chinese students in South Korea who were mobilized by the Chinese embassy clashed with police, Korean and foreign protestors who [...]

Journos illegally ousted by CCP before 50th Anniversary of Tibetan uprising

Posted by Michael Anderson on Friday, March 20th, 2009

It is looking like the CCP is breaking more and more rules in its attempt to stop the world media from reporting on the 50th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising. Reproters without borders has revealed that, although the regulations inherited from the Olympic Games guarantee their freedom of movement, at least 14 foreign reporters [...]

A “protest in a different form” says Shanghai resident

Posted by Michael Anderson on Friday, February 20th, 2009
 
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A growing number of migrant workers are resorting to begging for food after being unable to find work in Shanghai.

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