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From AlJazeera.net: Police announced on Friday that they had arrested Gao Zhisheng “for suspected involvement in criminal activities”, without specifying any charges. Gao’s previous clients have included disgruntled private oil investors, rural protesters and members of Falun Gong, the spiritual group that is outlawed in China. A petition signed by 40 Chinese activists and dissidents […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times: “In India, corruption is under the table. In China, it is over the table, while in Indonesia corruption includes the table,” it has been said. People might quibble about the relative placement of Asia’s three largest countries. Depending on direct evidence of paying off government officials, and the nationalities of those making […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: Chinese officials intensified a crackdown on defense lawyers today, the latest sign that Communist Party leaders are determined to stamp out legal challenges to their authority. In Beijing, the police detained Gao Zhisheng, one of the country’s most outspoken lawyers and dissidents, on suspicion of criminal activity, according to reports […]
Read MoreFrom Spiegel Online: The new railroad line, which nudges Tibet closer to the rest of the world, has also inaugurated a new way of thinking about time in the Himalayas. Residents and visitors are no longer forced to travel through the mountains on steep and tortuous roads or pay costly airfare. The train is inexpensive […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: China environmental officials said the East China Sea is dying from pollution and overfishing, a state newspaper reported on Thursday. Eighty-one percent of the East China Sea, a major fishing ground ringed by China, South Korea and Japan, was rated category-four for pollution, the second worst category in a five-tier scale, the Shanghai […]
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