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: August 2011
Der Spiegel Reveals More Details of Ai Weiwei’s Detention
MOST OF THE details of Ai Weiwei's 81 days in jail have been written about in the two months since his release. Ai has talked about feeling like a small soybean that has rolled on the ground to a crack … Continue reading
Netizen: Chongqing Official Escapes to Canada With 300 Million Yuan
JUST A MONTH after Canada deported alleged smuggling kingpin Lai Changxing back to China, the traffic is going in reverse again: A Chinese netizen claimed that a local Chongqing official had escaped to Canada with 300 million yuan (US$47 million). … Continue reading
‘Biden Meal’ Brings Good Fortune to Beijing Eatery
EVEN THOUGH U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and four others only had to pay 79 yuan (US$12.37) for their lunch at a local Beijing restaurant last week, Yao's Fried Liver restaurant has earned many times of that back as customers … Continue reading
Sarkozy, Kim Jong Il ‘Drop By to Visit China’
With French President Nicolas Sarkozy dropping by in China on his way to the South Pacific and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il passing by on his way home from Russia on Thursday, Chinese netizens have deemed the day "Drop … Continue reading
Posted in international, politics, the Party
Tagged france, hu jintao, north korea, sarkozy, state visits
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Man Dies in Hospital After Doctors Walk Away
NEWS STRANGE & SAD: After a fire broke out at a hospital in Shanghai on Aug. 24 a man suffocated to death after doctors left him unattended and under general anaesthetic as smoke filled the room. The incident took place at the … Continue reading
Chinese Investments in Libya Going Down With Gadhafi, Say Netizens
THERE WAS A time—before any of the "Arab Spring" uprisings even took place—that China invested heavily in its "old friend," Moammar Gadhafi's Libya. But now with Gadhafi in hiding, Libyan rebel fighters capturing most of the Libyan capital of Tripoli, … Continue reading
China Hosts Most Expensive Universiade Ever
AT A REPORTED cost of 300 billion yuan (US$47 billion), the Summer Universiade that just concluded in southern China has now become the most expensive Universiade ever.
Beijing’s Party Secretary: Microblog Service Should Promote Socialism
WITH AS MANY as 200 million registered users roaming around China's microblogging service Sina Weibo, cultivating an environment of relatively freer speech, it's no surprise that Beijing couldn't keep quiet for long.
As Moon Festival Nears, 33 Countries Ban Chinese Mooncakes
THE TRADITIONAL CHINESE Moon Festival is fast approaching on Sept. 12, but this year, most likely you won't be able to enjoy any Chinese mooncakes.
Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Detained, Private Schools Demolished
(Photo 1: Xu Zhiyong in 2009 prior to arrest. Greg Baker/AP) “Does he know what he will face?” A netizen wrote of Xu Zhiyong, a prominent Chinese human rights lawyer, in 2007. He won’t have money. He won’t have a … Continue reading
Posted in human rights, miscellany, society
Tagged china, human rights, migrant workers, Xu Zhiyong
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