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Battalion (Texas A&M University): Group to protest Chinese president's visit
2002-10-24
"Falun Gong members will protest Thursday in front of the Presidential Conference Centre from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. in a designated free speech area, McKinney said. [The visiting dictator] is slated to speak at 11:15 a.m. "We've already worked it out with the police how this protest is going to work," Nappi said. "We're going to meditate and then raise a sign. We want the president to see us."" -
Voice of America: Falun Gong Activists Protest Chinese President's Visit to Chicago
2002-10-23
"China's President Jiang Zemin is stopping in Chicago Tuesday on his way to meet with President Bush in Texas. Human rights activists are making sure China's poor human rights record is on the summit's agenda." -
Battalion (Texas): A poorly behaved guest - Chinese president trying to bully the United States
2002-10-23"China's behavior in regard to human rights is appalling..Why does America need enemies when it has friends like China? America and President Bush should not reward dictators the ilk of Jiang Zemin with improved trade status, the lifting of sanctions, or barbecues in Crawford. America should return to the era of recognizing and defending democracy, not just those in power. Bush should concede nothing to Zemin." -
Reuters: Photo Reports
2002-10-23
"About 750 protesters representing several countries held a demonstration in the Chicago Loop, protesting Zemin's treatment of Falun Gong practitioners in China." -
Reuters: Bush Urged to Press China's Jiang on Rights
2002-10-23"Human rights groups urged President Bush Tuesday to press Chinese President Jiang Zemin to free political prisoners and curb abuses against a Muslim ethnic group when the leaders meet in Texas this week. A group of followers of the Falun Gong spiritual movement, banned in China since 1999, also said they were taking legal action against Jiang through the United Nations for crimes committed during a crackdown on their faith." -
Houston Chronicle: Hotel cancels Falun Gong group's reservations
2002-10-23
"Falun Gong members Anna Chang, left, and Karen Hong discuss cancelled hotel reservations with a desk clerk Monday at the Homestead Studio Suites, next to the hotel where the Chinese president will stay." -
Wall Street Journal: China's Judicial Killing Machine
2002-10-23"Widespread recourse to the death penalty in China reflects a regime that has lost the ability to govern. The Chinese Communist Party came to power through violence (especially within its own ranks) and has maintained it in the same way..The party's continued failure to address society's needs rather than crush them -- seen most starkly in the crackdown on the Falun Gong [spiritual group] -- is creating resentment and alienation across the country." -
South China Morning Post: Bishop takes the helm and asks for God's help
2002-10-23"Bishop Zen's succession has raised concerns over the sometimes stormy relationship between the Church and the SAR government. He has already clashed with the authorities on controversial issues such as the Falun Gong spiritual group, and right of abode. Last month the bishop criticised the proposed anti-subversion law." -
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas) : Falun Gong Members Bring Protest to Tyler (Excerpt)
2002-10-21
"We know this is a very precious chance for Falun Gong participants in China," said Li Ding, a University of Maryland graduate student who emigrated from China five years ago. "We sincerely wish President Bush can directly raise the issue when he meets the president of China." -
The Daily Herald: Support Falun Gong
2002-10-21"I hope that when Jiang Zemin visits the United States this month, President Bush and good-hearted Americans will raise their concerns over human rights violations in China." -
Brock Press (Newspaper of Brock University, St. Catharines): ‘Falun Gong is Good’
2002-10-21It is because of my love for China and Chinese people that I want people to know the truth. More than one billion Chinese people are deceived into hating an innocent group of their fellow countrymen. The self-immolation is staged. Falun Gong is good. It is a practice that improves people’s health and teaches them to be good people, following the universal principles of truthfulness, compassion and forbearance. I want Chinese people to know the truth so that they will not be deceived into participating in or supporting this enormous injustice. -
AP: Falun Gong [practitioner] Gets Death Penalty
2002-10-20A [practitioner] of the Falun Gong spiritual movement in northeastern China has been sentenced to death...a state-controlled newspaper reported Friday. -
College Station Eagle: Falun Gong set to protest Jiang
2002-10-20"All we want is for the persecution to stop" - Dianne Roberts, a spokesperson for Falun Gong in Houston. -
Central News Agency: "U.S Government Officials Predict Religious Freedom to be Important Topic During Jiang-Bush Meeting"
2002-10-18"On October 8, 2002, a U.S. government official said that the issue of religious freedom will "almost certainly" be the main topic of the meeting between Party leader Jiang Zemin and President Bush later this month, and the U.S government will mention religious freedom and the "very serious problem" of many Falun Gong practitioners' deaths while in custody in Mainland China, making those probably the main topic." -
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Local Falun Gong followers have message for China leader
2002-10-18thousands of ...Falun Gong [practitioners will be] in Texas next week when Chinese President Jiang Zemin visits Bush...[they] plan to call attention to the Chinese government's three-year crackdown on the spiritual practice
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