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
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Attack Vietnam and the Philippines, Chinese Newspaper Says
WAR: WHAT IS it good for? Well, for thrashing Vietnam and the Philippines so China can assert its claims in the South China Sea. That call for war wasn't made by a rogue Chinese general or a low-level Communist Party … Continue reading
Posted in international, miscellany
Tagged outrageous, philippines, south china sea, vietnam, war
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WikiLeaks: Soldier ‘Tricked’ Into Firing on Tiananmen Protesters
TUCKED AWAY IN WikiLeaks' trove of a quarter million unredacted U.S. State Department cables released in the past few days is a harrowing, grisly anecdote of a Chinese PLA (People's Liberation Army) soldier who says he was "tricked" into firing … Continue reading
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
US-China Auditing Talks Hit Roadblock, Despite ‘Progress’
LAST MONTH'S MEETINGS between US regulators and their Chinese counterparts over audit inspections, prompted by heightened scrutiny of the practices and financial discrepancies of Chinese audit firms and US-listed Chinese companies, ended in deadlock. From iChinaStock.com, a blog on US-listed … Continue reading
These Aren’t the Black Jails You’re Looking For
BLACK JAILS ARE one of China's worst-kept secrets. The extralegal and extraconstitutional network of detention centers house petitioners and other "undesirables" without charge or trial. In fact, the official stance by China is that they don't even exist. So imagine … Continue reading
Daily Insight: Ai Weiwei Interrogated 52 Times, Soccer Fans Mourn
DAILY INSIGHT IS an Eye on China feature that aggregates the best of The Epoch Times' coverage on all that pertains to China. TRAIN DISASTER AFTERMATH A stadium full of soccer fans (pictured right) mourned victims of the July 23 Wenzhou high-speed … Continue reading
Posted in environment, media, society
Tagged ai weiwei, environment, hacking, ntd, protest, water, wenzhou rail disaster
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Xinjiang Needs Rights, Not Money
A STRING OF recent violence in Xinjiang has the autonomous region tense and security forces and government entities on edge. Who or what is to blame? While some consider poverty in the distant western region to be the root cause … Continue reading
Fudging Passenger Numbers: Trains Running at 107% Capacity?
TRAIN PASSENGERS ON China's Beijing-Shanghai high-speed rail line are lining up around the block to squeeze into train carriages like sardines, and if they don't have a seat, well then they'll just stand for the entire 800-mile-long trip. Or so … Continue reading
Posted in business, economy
Tagged chinese statistics, high speed rail, number fudging
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Chinese Flocking to Foreign Fast Food in the Name of Safety, Health
ASK ANY AMERICAN if he or she considers McDonald's, Dunkin Donuts, or Kentucky Fried Chicken "healthy," and you'll likely get laughed at in between chomps of French Freedom-fried potato. Ask a Chinese person, and you'll probably get a drastically different … Continue reading
Mongolians Protest After Government Reneges on Jobs Promise
HUNDREDS OF PROTESTERS in the Inner Mongolia prefecture-level city of Tongliao took to the streets multiple times throughout July to make their discontent against the municipal government known, after it apparently went back on a promise to provide employment opportunities … Continue reading