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The 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 […]
Read MoreIn an article about government control of the Internet, the Globe and Mail interviews Liu Di, the “Stainless Steel Mouse” and gives an update on writer Du Daobin: “Ms. Liu is now a major player in an intense tug of war between China’s police-state apparatus and a growing number of politically astute Internet users who […]
Read MoreChina is facing a major challenge with the rapidly growing number of elderly in the country, reports the China Daily: “About 7 per cent of China’s population is currently 65 or over. But a recent Chinese Academy of Social Sciences report predicts this will rise to 14 per cent within two to three decades… The […]
Read MoreIn the Guardian, Jonathan Watts analyzes Chinese media coverage of recent events, including the Daping mining disaster, and the difficult position editors are in trying to report the news while also toeing the party line: “With China in the throes of a remarkable transition, it cannot be easy for any of the country’s newspaper editors […]
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