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From the China Post: James Soong, chairman of the People First Party, left for Hong Kong en route to Xian yesterday on what he called a tour to build a bridge over the troubled waters. Accompanied by Mrs. Soong and an 80-member delegation, the opposition party leader arrived at the ancient capital of China in […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: Gao Zhan was treated like a hero in 2001 when she was sent from a Chinese prison to her family and freedom in Virginia… Now the mother of three children ages 9, 2 and 1, Ms. Gao is being held without bail in an immigration bureau jail in Virginia as […]
Read MoreFrom Chinascope: The Southern Metropolitan Daily reports that on the eve of the May 1 International Labor Day holiday, Guangdong province’s Office of Information Supervision, Government News Department, and Office of Public Security jointly issued a “Notice Regarding Stepping Up Strengthening of Regulation of the Dissemination of Harmful Information on the Internet.” According to the […]
Read MoreIn the Guardian, Xinran writes: And I am not joking when I tell you that, even now, many university students believe babies come out of their mothers’ tummy buttons. China started sex education in primary schools in 2002. I was curious to know who the first group of teachers would be. I was told that […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times: China is not the first country to ask the US to impose import restrictions on antiquities. The controversy surrounding China’s request stems from the fact that the list of items presented to US customs authorities as imports to be prohibited is far more sweeping than current restrictions on export of cultural items […]
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