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Inside China Today – Sunday 14th February

Posted by Daniel Teng on Sunday, February 14th, 2010
 
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- Investigator into ‘tofu – buildings’ convicted
- Thousands of bird flu patients left undiagnosed in Daqing
- Workers protest in Suizhou, Hubei over wages
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Investigator into ‘tofu – buildings’ convicted
Tan Zuoren, author and famous environmentalist of Sichuan Province, has been sentenced to five years imprisonment. He was convicted of inciting subversion of state power, allegedly for criticizing [...]

Inside China Today – Sunday 29th November

Posted by Caden Pearson on Sunday, November 29th, 2009
 
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Police protest lack of compensation after dismissal
On November 16th, nearly one hundred police in Hubei Province gathered in front of the municipal government building. They braved rain and snow to protest their unfair dismissal in 1995 that left them with no pension, medical insurance or any other source of income. They asked the government to [...]

Inside China Today – Thursday 26th November

Posted by Daniel Teng on Thursday, November 26th, 2009
 
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- Spanish Court makes crucial ruling on Falun Gong persecutors
- Police protest against unfair dismissal
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Spanish Court makes crucial ruling on Falun Gong persecutors
The Spanish State Court made an unprecedented ruling recently, indicting top five former Chinese Communist leaders responsible for the persecution of the Falun Gong spiritual practice. The five indicted, Jiang Zemin, Luo Gan, [...]