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Redherring: Special Report: China - When Fools Rush In
2002-11-14Technology companies are dashing to China in search of salvation and sales. Many will return broken and beaten. -
Two UK Parliamentarians Question the UK government Regarding Article 23 in Hong Kong
2002-11-13Two members of the UK House of Lords, Lord Hylton and Lord Avebury, have tabled written questions to question the UK government regarding Article 23 in Hong Kong, which poses an enormous threat to the fundamental freedoms as well as the autonomy of the territory. -
Persecution against European Residents Part 4 (Chinese Nationals in Germany)
2002-11-13Ying told the Chinese embassy representative that this was blackmail, and he was trampling their rights granted by the Chinese constitution, let alone their rights as German citizens. Both Ying and her mother said that they do not agree with the defamatory propaganda against Falun Gong. The embassy representative then quickly ended the conversation. -
Southern Weekend (China): International Criminal Court to begin Trying Cases on Genocide, War Crimes, and Crimes against Humanity
2002-11-13This court has the right to try cases on genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, among others. However, it only holds the persons charged accountable and only exercises its judiciary power under the circumstances that the court of the country involved cannot try the case independently. -
National Review (New York): Open-Web Policy
2002-11-13"Today, the Internet is perhaps the most powerful pro-democracy broadcasting tool. But, just as Communist governments during the Cold War sought to keep uncensored news from their people by jamming Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty, the government of China today retains strict control over the information Chinese citizens can access on the Internet." -
Persecution against European Residents Part 3 (Chinese Nationals in Germany)
2002-11-12Mr. Hongxia Wu worked in a Chinese restaurant in the City of Freiburg. He returned to China when his work permit expired. Presently he is in the Huangjiawan Forced Labour Camp in Hengyiang City. He has been threatened with three years of incarceration if he refuses to give up Falun Dafa. -
Associated Press: ANALYSIS: False face on China's Communist congress
2002-11-12"At least one foreign reporter has been detained by police. Overseas television broadcasters have had outgoing stories cut by censors. And the world has been denied any real glimpse into the inner workings of the weeklong meeting, expected to produce the next leaders of the world's most populous country." -
Red Herring Online Magazine: Up Against the Firewall
2002-11-12"Why are American corporations, which have labored hard to present positive global images, providing censorship and surveillance technologies to what many see as China's Big Brother Internet?" -
The Times: The great firewall of China
2002-11-12"As the chinese regime changes, censorship of the internet is intensifying." -
UK: Judge Exposes the Jiang regimes Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners
2002-11-11"..Trials are rare. Torture occurs in accounts of interrogation and police detention, including accounts of the treatment of foreign nationals. There are numerous reports of deaths in custody of Falun Gong adherents." -
Spanish Ambassor to UN critical of Jiang regime human rights atrocities
2002-11-11Speaking on behalf of the European Union at the 58th session of the Commission on Human Rights in Geneva, the Ambassador stated; "The persecution of...Falun Gong practitioners is particularly harsh and has led to a great number of cases of torture and deaths in custody." -
Politiken (Danish Newspaper): Let Falun Gong dance
2002-11-11"DISGRACEFUL. Nothing else can be said about the decision to exclude the Chinese meditation movement Falun Gongs prized dance performance from the festival Asian Comments that started yesterday in Copenhagen...the crux of the matter is that they have allowed considerations for a oppressive dictatorship to decide, who can perform in Copenhagen." -
Persecution against European Residents Part 2 (Chinese National in Denmark)
2002-11-11The Chinese embassy called and said that her sons name could not be added to her passport, since they did not accept her marriage. After investigating Chinese marriage law and civil law, Ms. Wu found that although they may not accept her marriage, the relationship between her and her son could not be denied...When Ms. Wu presented this information to the embassy, they sneered What is marriage law! and stated that they have their own regulations. -
AP: China partially blacks out CNN, BBC
2002-11-11Authorities blocked CNN file footage of an interview with dissident Fang Jue and a brief mention of Falun Gong, banned by the government in 1999 [...] during a feature about the search among Chinese for spiritual solace amid the country's mad rush for material wealth, said CNN's Beijing bureau chief, Jai FlorCruz. -
AP: Hong Kong lawyers call proposed subversion law throwback to 18th century
2002-11-11Many have questioned whether the law could be used against Falun Gong, the meditation [exercise] which is outlawed in mainland China [...], but frequently [appeal] in Hong Kong against Beijing's often deadly crackdown on its followers in the mainland.