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Singer Wu Hongfei Released After “Bomb Threat”

Wu Hongfei, the Beijing singer who was detained for ten days over comments she posted on her Weibo account, has been released from police custody. From the South China Morning Post: “I’m back home. Thanks for all the netizens’...

Lawyers: Singer’s ‘Bomb Threat’ an Innocent Outburst

Following Wu Hongfei’s arrest for a weibo reference to bombing government offices in Beijing, the Happy Avenue rock singer’s lawyers insist that her alleged threat was no more than “an innocent expression of...

Outspoken Singer Detained Over Explosion Remarks

AP reports that Wu Hongfei, singer for the Beijing-based rock outfit Happy Avenue (幸福大街), has been detained for comments that she posted on her Weibo account: Police have detained an activist singer who wrote that she wanted to...

Airport Bomber Wins Praise, Reinvestigation

Beijing airport bomber Ji Zhongxing is in custody in an undisclosed location following surgery to amputate his left hand, injured in Saturday’s blast. The explosion appears to have been a desperate protest after eight...

Flights Grounded By Fake Threats

After Air China’s grounding of a flight due to a threat, another Chinese commercial airliner had to change its course because of a fake threat, from The Wall Street Journal: For the second day in a row, a Chinese commercial...

Taiwan-China Flight Diverted after Explosive Claim

From the Associated Press: A flight from the Taiwanese capital to the eastern Chinese city of Shanghai was diverted to a nearby Chinese airport Saturday after a passenger told cabin crew his luggage contained...

Nine Monks Arrested for Tibet Bombing: Xinhua

From Reuters: Chinese police arrested nine Buddhist monks suspected of bombing a government building in Tibet, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday. China has accused Tibetan groups of planning suicide attacks...

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