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The Washington Post reports on the tensions between the media and official censorship guidelines which prohibit independent reporting on corruption, using a recent scandal in Harbin, in which five officials were dismissed, as an example: “Many people in Harbin and the surrounding Heilongjiang province, based on experience in a region with a long history of […]
Read MoreThe New York Times reports that, “Violent clashes between members of the Muslim Hui ethnic group and the majority Han group left nearly 150 people dead and forced authorities to declare martial law in a section of Henan Province in central China, journalists and witnesses in the region said today. The fighting flared late last […]
Read MoreAlthough China has rarely been mentioned in the US presidential campaign, candidate John Kerry gave an interview to Hong Kong’s Singtao Daily, in which he condemned China’s crackdown on democracy in Hong Kong, and promised to raise the issue with Chinese leaders if elected on Tuesday: “Beijing hasn’t completely fulfilled the autonomy and political rights […]
Read MoreThe United States is unsuccessfully trying to find a third country willing to take several Uighur “terror suspects” who are expected to be released from Guantanamo Bay, fearing that they will be persecuted or executed if they return to China, the Financial Times reports. Germany, Switzerland, Finland and Norway have refused to accept the refugees, […]
Read MoreAccording to the AFP, Taiwanese police are checking out a Chinese man’s story that he shot Chen Shui-bian during the presidential campaign in March: “While being questioned about a separate shooting case, Wang Erjiang surprisingly told police in southern Kaohsiung county that he had shot at Chen in March. ‘He said he was angry at […]
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