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From the Christian Science Monitor, an update on the Tibetan refugees who were fired on by Chinese guards while escaping to Nepal: Kelsang Namtso had become a Buddhist nun just last year, at the tender age of 16. Her friend, Dolma Palkyi, 16, wanted to go to India, and meet the Dalai Lama, the exiled […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua: China will continue to tighten its control over land use with local governments being urged to make sure they do not build on any more land next year than they did this year. The Ministry of Land and Resources laid down in a recent circular that local governments must not approve more land […]
Read More“China Shakes the World: A Titan’s Rise and Troubled Future — and the Challenge for America,” a new book by James Kynge, former Beijing bureau chief for the Finanacial Times, is on the short list for the Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year. From the Times: An even bigger behemoth, the Chinese economy, […]
Read MoreMark Magnier reports for the LA Times on government pressures on Muslim Uighurs in Xinjiang Province: Powered by a good set of lungs and lots of practice, the cleric belts out the afternoon call to prayer. Despite his best efforts, the chant is all but drowned out by the din of a single-stroke tractor engine […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters, via the Washington Post: The head of the world’s Anglican church held a service in Beijing for the first time on Sunday and welcomed Christians playing a role in China in discussions on issues ranging from censorship to the death penalty. During his two-week visit, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams had discussions with […]
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