Publications
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Reuters: China Seen Tightening Control Over Internet Cafes (Excerpt)
2003-06-12
'"By setting up chains of Internet cafes, it will be easier to verify what is being looked at or posted over the Internet," said Nathan Midler, a senior analyst at IDC Asia Pacific...He said licensed firms must enforce rules about registering user names and citizenship numbers, which can later be used to determine who posted a sensitive message on the Internet.' -
Financial Times: Sars takes heavy toll at China Southern
2003-06-11'China Southern Airlines suffered an 85 per cent slump in passenger numbers in May as the country's largest carrier succumbed to the impact of Sars on regional travel...A senior China Southern official admitted that Sars had begun affecting passenger loads in March, had had a major impact in April and that by May numbers were down 85 per cent year-on-year.' -
Report from The Epoch Times: UK MP Patsy Calton Supports a Chinese Scholar in Rescuing His Fiancée
2003-06-08
On June 2nd 2003, UK Member of Parliament Mrs. Patsy Calton invited Mr. Weiguo Xie, a Chinese scholar who practises Falun Gong, to her office in the London’s Houses of Parliament, and offered her full support in his efforts to rescue his fiancée, Miss Yongjie Zhu, who is now suffering in a labour camp in China. -
Report from Netherlands Newspaper Dagblud de Limberger: Chinese Interference with Falun Gong Goes Far
2003-06-07'A few days ago the Chinese government tried to stop a performance by Dutch Falun Gong practitioners at the theme park Mondo Verde in Landgraaf. This incident does not stand alone. Chinese authorities are trying to block the movement more and more outside of China.' -
Respekt (Czech newspaper): All Alone on Tiananmen Square
2003-06-07'Whilst living in Australia, Zhang didn't have any problems practising the Falun Gong exercises, but she knew that since 1999 millions of practitioners in China have been forbidden from practising. The Chinese dictatorship cracked down on the practice of Falun Gong when they felt that it had become too popular. Over 100,000 people have been imprisoned in labour camps or mental hospitals. Many have died from torture.' -
Report from Finnish Newspaper 'Kaleva': China Covers Up Information and puts Pressures on Other Countries
2003-06-07'By covering up the facts about the SARS-epidemic, for example, China has already caused great economic damage to itself and to the countries that it has trade relations with. Indirectly, the entire world may have to suffer from SARS because the cover up has led to its rapid spread outside of China. The media has an important role to play in telling the facts about this matter. Nothing should be able prevent this.' -
New York Times: Beijing aims to kill free speech in Hong Kong
2003-06-05'During nearly six years under Chinese rule, Hong Kong has withstood threats as varied as the Asian financial crisis and the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome. Now, however, Hong Kong's free society is about to encounter the most dangerous attack yet, and this one - like SARS - has its genesis in China.' -
U.S. Newswire (press release): Former U.S. Ambassador to Hungary Labels Jiang Zemin Greatest Threat to American Security, Urges Exposing Corrupt Officials
2003-06-05'Ambassador Palmer discussed the accountability of the Jiang regime in the persecution of Falun Gong, and the corruption of the Party's elite, who have brought vast sums of money out of China into the United States and other countries.' -
South China Morning Post: Bill poses a global press threat, says Martin Lee
2003-06-05The former chairman of Hong Kong's Democratic Party, Martin Lee Chu-ming, warned American policymakers yesterday that the national security bill could damage not only Hong Kong, but the rest of the world, because of its impact on the freedom of the press in the city. -
The Oxford Mail Puts the Lord Mayor's Parade on the Front Page
2003-06-04
On the 27th of May, the front page of the Oxford Mail, a newspaper in the UK, displayed a photo of a young Falun Gong practitioner who was part of the Oxford Lord Mayor’s Parade. A report praised Falun Gong and commented on practitioners’ appearance at the Lord Mayor’s Parade. -
AFP (Agence France Presse): China SARS Action Slammed: Report
2003-06-04'A SENIOR World Health Organisation official has criticised China's co-operation in the battle against SARS and said vital information was still being withheld, a report said today...Despite the increased transparency, Oshitani said China was disclosing too little information about the number and background of cases, treatments and possible sources of the disease.' -
Report from Swedish Newspaper: “Human Rights Lawyers Will Bring China’s Former President to Justice”
2003-06-04
'If China’s former president, Jiang Zemin, goes abroad, he may face lawsuits against him, due to his infringements of human rights. Grant and some human rights lawyers in various countries have established an international network to carry out legal proceedings to bring Jiang to trial.' -
South China Morning Post: Bar on Falun Gong 'violated Basic Law'
2003-06-04'The decision to block overseas Falun Gong practitioners from entering Hong Kong to attend a conference earlier this year was unconstitutional because it hampered the ability of local members to share their spiritual practices, a court heard yesterday.' -
Taipei Times Commentary Cites Lack of Respect for Human Life in SARS Coverup
2003-06-03"The main reason why this epidemic has created such a serious disaster is China's confused bureaucracy, fighting to gain credit for some things while shifting the blame for others and presenting a falsely positive picture of the situation. The deeper reason, however, is that China has never understood that human life is invaluable." -
Austrian News Report: “Sometimes Dai Really Wishes She Could Forget the Past”
2003-05-31'From the day she lost her husband to the day her elder brother’s wife was detained; from her anxious wait for information to the time she read on the Internet about her husband not having survived the torture in a Chinese prison, Ms. Dai has often talked about what happened.'
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