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From the International Herald Tribune: In a setback for Pope Benedict XVI‘s efforts to improve its official ties with China, the authorities in Beijing have rejected a Vatican invitation to four Chinese Catholic bishops to attend a church conference in Rome… A spokesman for China’s official Catholic church, the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association, and the […]
Read MoreFrom the Guardian: From the Matrix and Kill Bill to Kung Fu Hustle and House of Flying Daggers, the Shaolin monks have had to watch passively as their trademark martial arts have made millions for film studios in Hollywood and Hong Kong. But now the monks are striking back with a series of big budget […]
Read MoreFrom AP, via Washingtonpost.com: A rail link being built between Tibet and several major Chinese cities could lead to “cultural genocide” by luring more Chinese workers to the region, the Dalai Lama said. Tibet’s spiritual leader said following a speech in Idaho Sunday that more pressure will be placed on native Tibetans by the rail […]
Read MoreFrom In These Times: China’s Communists take pride in turning established ideas on their heads. Their latest success has been in toppling the notion that free markets create free societies. Though China is the fastest growing economy in the world, censorship and limits on freedom of expression are on the increase as the government struggles […]
Read MoreFrom Time Magazine: The men with the poison-filled syringe arrived two days before Li Juan’s due date. They pinned her down on a bed in a local clinic, she says, and drove the needle into her abdomen until it entered the 9-month-old fetus. “At first, I could feel my child kicking a lot,” says the […]
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