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From Asia Times: Visitors to Changsha, the provincial capital of Hunan province, see a burgeoning city in the making, with a fast-rising population of 6.5 million. The streets are jammed with traffic – including countless cars – and hundreds of high-rises shine at night. There are tens of thousands of shops, cafes and restaurants lining […]
Read MoreFrom the Globe and Mail: Despite growing pressure for openness, Chinese officials have concealed bird-flu outbreaks in several provinces for many months this year, a leading scientific expert says. “I don’t know if they are brave enough to admit that they have the virus in every corner of the country,” said Guan Yi, a virologist […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters, via ABCNews.com: Armed police have sealed off a village in southern China after violent clashes with residents that rights group Amnesty International said marked the first time Chinese police had fired on protesters since 1989. Residents said riot police had opened fire on Tuesday on protesters in the village of Dongzhou in Guangdong […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters, via the Washington Post: Many North Korean refugees who flee to China every year end up as sex slaves and China often sends them back for punishment, the U.S. ambassador for fighting international slavery said in Beijing on Friday. John Miller, the director of the U.S. State Department’s Office to Monitor and Combat […]
Read MoreFrom AP, via the Washington Post: Two days of discussions between the United States and China found common ground on contentious issues but the two sides agreed they sometimes will use differing policies to reach mutual goals. U.S. officials emerged from the sessions seemingly convinced that the Chinese government has made a policy decision to […]
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