Post Olympics hotel rates dive in Beijing
Rates in a number of hotels around Beijing have dived after the Olympic closing ceremony. Rates published on popular Chinese travel website, ctrip.com show big discrepancies over hotel rates after August 25. One hotel listed a $3000 Yuan per night rate on August 23, and by August 27, the price had dived to a mere [...]
CCP releases Tibetan supporters while new waves of protest break out
On August 25, under immense pressure, the Chinese Communist regime released the ten foreign pro-Tibet demonstrators who projected “Free Tibet” using lasers outside of the ‘Birds Nest’ Olympic stadium.
Xi’an rights lawyer summoned
Following the conclusion of the fifteen-day Beijing Olympic Games, it’s reported that Xi’an rights lawyer Zhang Jian-Kang was summoned, taken away by police but was released later.
Mass arrests by Shenyang police under banner of Olympic security
Young author Sun Fuquan from Shenyang province was arrested on the eve of the Olympic Games by local police for allegedly inciting to subvert state power. He was illegally detained for twenty eight days and released only after his family paid five thousand Yuan. Sun suffered oppression after he published a song assessing the nineteen [...]
Professor of UK University refused entry into Hong Kong during closing ceremony
On the day Beijing Olympics Closing Ceremony, Professor Li Shao of DeMontfort University in Leister, UK, who was travelling purely on university business, was refused entry in Hong Kong. Professor Shao believed that he was blacklisted by the Chinese Communist Party for campaigning to end the persecution of Falun Gong. After his entry was refused, [...]
Tibetans fear escalated repression after the Olympics
According to news on August twenty fourth, the Tibet Joint Action Committee gathered in front of the Chinese consulate in Toronto, to protest against the CCP’s continued suppression of Tibetans. Sheng Xue, the vice chairman of the United Front of Democracy, and the Chairman of China’s human rights network Michael Craig attended meetings and delivered [...]
