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From The Independent: Tenzin Tsundue, a Tibetan poet and activist, takes his fight to Britain today when he files a sworn testimony detailing atrocities he says he saw and experienced while in prison in the remote Himalayan region. Mr Tsundue’s testimony is a stark litany of beatings and torture doled out during his imprisonment without […]
Read MoreFrom the International Herald Tribune: A Chinese draft law that threatens to fine news media for reporting on “sudden incidents” without permission applies to foreign as well as domestic news organizations, an official involved in preparing the legislation said Monday. The law, now under consideration by the legislature, calls for fines of up to $12,500 […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times: China seems to be moving in the direction of a new property law, a need we identified in Part 1 of this report (Hu Jintao and the new China, June 28). The approval of such a law has been postponed for almost two years because of strong opposition and the great difficulty […]
Read MoreFrom an editorial in the Financial Times: China has been wooing Africa on many fronts. Wen Jiabao, the Chinese prime minister, has just completed the third top-level tour of Africa in less than six months, following visits by Li Zhaoxing, foreign minister, and Hu Jintao, president. Many African nations now pin hopes on the fulfilment […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times: The biggest factor determining global stability over the next 20 years, simply put, is China. For good or bad, it will shape the world. If everything goes well, China will be integrated in the developed world and will become one of its engines, if not the main engine. If things go bad, […]
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