Chinese AIDS activist under constant house arrest

Posted by Chris Thomas on Monday, January 5th, 2009
 
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AIDS activist Li Xige of Henan province, has been under house arrest from Chinese authorities for over two years. Her phone lines and Internet have been cut-off. Li Xige says the local government prevents victims from appealing over AIDS, in order to conceal the AIDS epidemic.

Wu Fan foretelling the end of the Communist Party in China

Posted by Michael Anderson on Friday, December 19th, 2008
 
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As 2008 draws to a close, dissatisfaction from the Chinese people toward the Communist Party is growing to boiling point. Wu Fan, the President of the Transition Government of China believes that this is direct and clear action taken by the people of China to show their discontent.

News of bird flu strain outbreak still suppressed

Posted by Chris Thomas on Thursday, December 18th, 2008
 
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A chicken plague which occurred over a month ago in cities in Jaingsu province has been confirmed as the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu. While the outbreak occurred in early November, it was not until December 16 that the Chinese Communist authorities notified Hong Kong officials of the bird flu outbreak. Local residents claim [...]

Public uprising in Longnan leads to many arrests

Posted by Daniel Tang on Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
 
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There have been mass protests on the 17th and 18th of November this year involving tens of thousands of people. The unrest occurred in Longnan City in Gansu province. Recently, a Mr Chen visited friends in Longnan and discovered local residents protesting against the authorities. The residents were unhappy about forced evictions and demolition of [...]

Chinese state media flip flops on kidney stone baby death

Posted by Daniel Tang on Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
 
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An 11 month old baby died in Wuhan Hospital in Hubei province on December 4th, after being diagnosed with kidney stones. On December 6th, initially Chinese media reported that this was the first case in Hubei of an infant death after drinking Sanlu milk powder. However, Chinese media have subsequently published news stories contradicting earlier [...]

Belgium reporter attacked in Henan and CCP officials swing the lead

Posted by Chris Thomas on Thursday, December 4th, 2008
 
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On December 3, A Chinese official announced the findings over the attack on Belgium’s VRT radio reporter in Beijing, Tom Van de Weghe. The officials shunned responsibilities.