Epoch Times China news- As China Security Czar Loses Power, Communist Party Newspaper Touts ‘Political Reform’ May 16, 2012
- Chinese Activist Chen Guangcheng Condemns Abuse of His Family May 16, 2012
- Easier Registration For Social Organizations Might Pave Way for China’s Political Reform May 15, 2012
- Hero Showed How to Bust Through Propaganda in China May 15, 2012
- Petition From 300 Chinese Villagers Circulated in Politburo May 15, 2012
Monthly Archives: July 2011
Wenzhou Train Crash Highlights Risks of China’s Nuclear Program
COULD A TECHNOLOGY mishap akin to Saturday's deadly train crash near Wenzhou, China happen at one of China's 40 operating or planned nuclear power reactors? This past weekend's high-speed train collision resulted in (at least) 39 dead and about 200 … Continue reading
KFC Employee Spills the (Soy)beans on Restaurant’s Soy Milk
Unlike in the United States or anywhere else in the Western world, fast food-chain KFC is considered a luxury restaurant in China. Yet the soy milk it carries (yes, KFC in China also sells Asian food), which sells for a … Continue reading
Railway Signal Company Holds a Joke of a Press Conference
AS THE PUSH-the-blame game continues for the recent high-speed rail crash, the ball has now landed on the Beijing National Railway Research & Design Institute of Signal & Communication. The company, which used to be a subsidiary of the Ministry … Continue reading
‘Grandpa Wen’ Bedridden for 11 Days, Or Was He?
SO FIVE DAYS have passed since a deadly bullet train crash took place in eastern China on Saturday, Chinese premier Wen Jiabao finally showed up at the site, standing on a patch of gravel that had been cleared of the … Continue reading
Rail Disaster Death Toll Never Rises
SOMETHING IS VERY fishy about the death and injury toll of the recent high-speed rail disaster in eastern China—it never rises. As early as Monday, two days after the incident which caused six cars to derail and four to fall … Continue reading
Xinhua Gets Billboard at Times Square: Let the Reeducation Begin!
YOU THOUGHT YOU knew a thing or two about China, right? That, for example, it was a communist dictatorship that censors news and spreads propaganda? A violent regime that tortures and executes its own, peaceful citizens in political campaigns? A … Continue reading
Lawyers in Shanghai? The Communist Party Has Them Covered
THIS PIECE OF news from Chinascope doesn't really need further explanation than the short snippet that has been translated, so here it is (original link): By the end of June 2011, the Chinese Communist Party achieved complete control of the legal … Continue reading
China’s Train Disaster: When Officials Fail to Release Victim List, Netizens Compile Their Own
FOLLOWING A FATAL bullet train crash in eastern China on Saturday, Chinese officials had held off their list of victims, only to have the unexpected effect of encouraging Chinese netizens to compile one of their own. Curious enough, the grassroot … Continue reading
Bestselling Author: Corruption Figure to be Tortured if Canada Extradites
LAI CHANGXING HAS been a fugitive from China since the late 1990s for his involvement in massive smuggling and corruption. In trying to wrap up the case the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has carried out arrests, executions and, latterly, a … Continue reading
There Are Plenty of Dead Fish in the River
TENS OF THOUSANDS of dead fish turned up on the surface of a major river in northeastern China since Wednesday, spanning more than half a mile along the riverside in Tianjin City's Tanggu District. (Photo: CFP)