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• Orange County Register: Chinese leadership feels pressure from many directions (Excerpt)

  2002-10-15
  President George W. Bush is expected to express his concerns about [..] repression when he hosts Chinese leader Jiang Zemin at his Texas ranch this month...
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• Chicago Tribune: Grass-roots war heats up against government Web blocks (Excerpt)

  2002-10-15
  Google's main site is no longer blocked by China, although search requests are being filtered. The words "Falun Gong," for example, [...] do not return search results.
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• Taipei Times (Taiwan): Coming full circle

  2002-10-14
  "While the Chinese government outlaws Falun Gong and condemns its practitioners, the group is finding increasing acceptance on college campuses in Taiwan."
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• Associated Press: China Imposes New Web Cafe Rules

  2002-10-13
  "But the new rules also reflect the fear of China's communist leaders that the Internet could nurture subversion...Already, China operates a special force to police the Internet for content deemed subversive. Scores of Web sites are blocked due to their content and the search engines Google and AltaVista have been blocked because they permit access to information on the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement and other sensitive topics."
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• 63-Year-old Woman Left to Die on the Street by Chinese Police

  2002-10-12
  Witnesses say that a local egg seller found Ms. Guo Xiumei kneeling on the pavement on the Southwest Road of Huaiyang County Xiguan Health Bureau in the early morning hours of September 23rd. Doubled over from pain, her face black and blue with one eye punctured, she clutched her stomach. The egg seller called for the police.
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• Reuters: CHINA: Subversion law to give HK powerful arsenal

  2002-10-12
  An anti-subversion bill proposed by the Hong Kong government is like a powerful arsenal which could be used against anyone leaders in Beijing or the territory find objectionable, a legal expert said on Friday.
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• International Herald Tribune: Liberties in doubt

  2002-10-12
  Autonomy under the "one country, two systems" formula must be strongly defended. The United States, the EU, Canada, Japan, Australia and others should speak up, privately and publicly, to support full protection of Hong Kong's civil and political rights.
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• AP: China Plans Strict Rules On Internet Cafes From Nov 15

  2002-10-12
  China has passed harsh new restrictions on Internet cafes, banning minors and demanding operators register users and keep records of what information they access on line...
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• Japan Economic Newswire: Protesters rally for human rights in China before Jiang trip

  2002-10-12
  The rally is intended to press Bush to address human rights problems in China when he meets Jiang at his ranch in Crawford, Texas, on Oct. 25.
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• MASA ACHER Magazine: Reports on the Rapid Development of Falun Gong in Taiwan (Photo)

  2002-10-12
  
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• Wall Street Journal: Hong Kong Squeezes the Press

  2002-10-11
  "There has already been a definite trend toward self-censorship in areas that are sensitive to China. These include Taiwan, Tibet, Falun Gong, mainland dissidents and the inner workings and personnel matters relating to state and party leadership. Many media organizations feel it is just not worth the trouble of carrying out their own investigations into such matters."
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• AFP: China's Jiang to visit United States from October 22-25

  2002-10-11
  "Jiang is due to hold talks with President George W. Bush on the US leader's Texas ranch during the trip, which will see them meet for the third time in 12 months."
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• Radio Free Europe (Czech Republic): US Report On Global Religious Freedom Sees Troubling Trends

  2002-10-10
  "Unapproved religious and spiritual groups remain under scrutiny and, in some cases, harsh repression. The government continues its harsh treatment of Falun Gong."
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• Baltic News Service: Estonian Legal Chancellor Censors Wide Interpretation Of Public Meeting

  2002-10-10
  "The Estonian legal chancellor said that the detention in Estonia of four Falun Gong practitioners during the visit of the president of China in June was illegal, because the police gave too wide an interpretation to the term of public meeting."
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• AFP: US slams China's continued 'poor' record on religious freedom

  2002-10-10
  "The United States has long been vocal on the issue. During a visit to Beijing in February, President George W. Bush used a nationally-televised speech to express a "prayer" for freedom of worship for China's people."
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