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- Taiwan finds US beef safe despite mad cow disease case
- Taiwan's legislature divided over capital gains tax bill
- Profits fall 1.6% at major Chinese industrial companies
- J.P. Morgan Boosts China Unit
- Apple falls far from the tree: Deng Xiaoping's American grandson
- Philippine ambassador returns to Beijing post to mend ties
- US$1.6bn 'Chinawood' film park opens this month in Wuxi
- Two monks in Tibet set themselves on fire, says report
- Top China Stories from WSJ: ‘Oklahoma!’ Not OK, Royal Caribbean, Li Ka-Shing
- Taiwanese woman wants to adopt baby monkey found by her dog
- Henan official arrested, suspected of raping over 10 girls
- Chinese banks encouraged to seek private investment
- Taiwan's defense ministry invents rescue apparatus
- Struggling bookshops in China and Taiwan appeal to local literati
- Sino-US symphony makes Asia debut in Shanghai
- 5 saved after mother donates son's organs
- Security Chief Zhou and Disgraced Chongqing Boss Bo Xilai Conspired to Defame Chinese Premier Wen, Alleges Insider
- Chinese Scholars Voice Support for Falun Gong and ‘the Brave 300’
- Beijing Signals Turning Right By High Profile Commemoration
- Wen Jiabao criticized for Bo Xilai comments: Reuters
| Taiwan finds US beef safe despite mad cow disease case Posted: 28 May 2012 05:20 AM PDT A Taiwanese inspection delegation concluded Sunday that beef products imported from the United States to Taiwan are safe to eat, after wrapping up a visit to check beef safety in the US, where a new c... |
| Taiwan's legislature divided over capital gains tax bill Posted: 28 May 2012 05:10 AM PDT The bill for a proposed capital gains tax on stock profits can only be passed during the current legislative session if a consensus is reached across party lines, Lin Hung-chih, a lawmaker of Taiwan's... |
| Profits fall 1.6% at major Chinese industrial companies Posted: 28 May 2012 05:10 AM PDT Profits for major Chinese industrial companies fell 1.6% in the first four months of 2012 from the same period last year, China's statistical authority said Sunday. Total profits for the largest in... |
| Posted: 27 May 2012 08:58 PM PDT Away from the headlines over its huge trading losses, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. continues to beef up its presence in China |
| Apple falls far from the tree: Deng Xiaoping's American grandson Posted: 28 May 2012 04:20 AM PDT The biological legacy of Deng Xiaoping — the intrepid Chinese Communist Party leader credited with reforming the country's economy — is not as sterling as his political legacy. Deng raised two sons... |
| Philippine ambassador returns to Beijing post to mend ties Posted: 28 May 2012 03:52 AM PDT Sonia Brady has again nominated by Philippine president Benigno Aquino III as the Philippines' ambassador to China, reports the Nanfang Daily, a newspaper based in Guangzhou. Brady served as ambassad... |
| US$1.6bn 'Chinawood' film park opens this month in Wuxi Posted: 28 May 2012 03:28 AM PDT A 10-billion-yuan (US$1.58 billion) digital film park nicknamed "Chinawood" will be officially opening in the western Chinese city of Wuxi before the end of the month, paving the way for a new golden ... |
| Two monks in Tibet set themselves on fire, says report Posted: 27 May 2012 08:28 PM PDT Radio Free Asia says pair were taken away after protest outside Jokhang temple in Lhasa, the Tibetan capital Two men have set themselves on fire outside a temple that is a popular tourist site in Lhasa, marking the first time a recent wave of self-immolations to protest Chinese rule has reached the tightly guarded Tibetan capital, a US broadcaster has reported. Radio Free Asia said in a statement that the men were taken away by authorities within minutes of setting themselves on fire outside the Jokhang Temple on Sunday. They were believed to be monks but their identities and personal details were not immediately available. At least 34 such protests since March 2011 have drawn attention to China's restrictions on Buddhism and fuelled the call for the return from exile of the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. Most self-immolations have taken place in heavily Tibetan areas of China. Only one had occurred in Tibet itself and none in the capital. Protests have become rare in remote Tibet and Lhasa in particular because of tight police security since anti-government riots erupted in Lhasa in 2008. Radio Free Asia cited a Tibetan living in exile as saying he had heard from others inside Tibet that flames had engulfed the two men and that they were believed to be seriously hurt or dead. A woman with the Lhasa city police denied any immolation attempts had occurred. Like many Chinese bureaucrats she refused to give her name. Fu Jun, an official with the propaganda department of the Tibetan regional Communist party office, said he was unaware of any immolations. Lhasa city police denied any such incident. Chinese authorities have confirmed some of the self-immolations over the past year but not all. Radio Free Asia said Lhasa was under heavy police and paramilitary guard and that the situation was very tense. guardian.co.uk © 2012 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
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| Top China Stories from WSJ: ‘Oklahoma!’ Not OK, Royal Caribbean, Li Ka-Shing Posted: 27 May 2012 06:30 PM PDT The growing unease toward foreigners in Beijing nearly claimed an unexpected casualty: a community theater production of "Oklahoma!"; Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. is bringing another ship to the Chinese market; Li Ka-shing, Asia's richest man, laid out his succession plans. |
| Taiwanese woman wants to adopt baby monkey found by her dog Posted: 28 May 2012 01:48 AM PDT A woman in Taiwan's Yilan county, whose dog found a baby Formosan rock monkey a month ago, took the monkey to the county's Animal and Plant Disease Center for a health check Tuesday, saying she wants ... |
| Henan official arrested, suspected of raping over 10 girls Posted: 28 May 2012 01:48 AM PDT An official in central China's Henan province has been detained after allegedly raping over 10 underage girls, local authorities said Sunday. Li Xingong, former deputy director of the general office ... |
| Chinese banks encouraged to seek private investment Posted: 28 May 2012 01:48 AM PDT China's financial institutions should focus on attracting more private investment, the country's banking regulator said Saturday. Banks are encouraged to gain investment from well-managed private ent... |
| Taiwan's defense ministry invents rescue apparatus Posted: 28 May 2012 01:48 AM PDT Taiwan's defense ministry last week unveiled a new invention — a line-throwing apparatus powered by high pressure gas — that can be used to rescue individuals stuck in rivers, the sea and other plac... |
| Struggling bookshops in China and Taiwan appeal to local literati Posted: 28 May 2012 01:48 AM PDT An independent bookstore in China and one in Taiwan are both struggling to survive despite the high expectations that their founders had for them when they opened. Oneway Street Library is a booksto... |
| Sino-US symphony makes Asia debut in Shanghai Posted: 28 May 2012 01:48 AM PDT One Sweet Morning, a symphony co-commissioned by the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra and New York Philharmonic Orchestra, originally to mark the 10th anniversary of 9/11, staged its Asian debut in Shangha... |
| 5 saved after mother donates son's organs Posted: 28 May 2012 01:48 AM PDT A mother who donated her son's organs to save five strangers has won the respect of millions of internet users for her selflessness. Yuan Dezhen, a 40-year-old migrant worker and mother from Shenzhen... |
| Posted: 27 May 2012 04:15 PM PDT  Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao waves to media as leaves after a press conference of the National People's Congress's (NPC) annual session on March 14, 2012. (Liu Jin/AFP/Getty Images) Despite all news about top guns in the Chinese Communist Party being carefully censored by the Great Firewall that sanitizes China's Internet, curiously enough, rumors that Premier Wen Jiabao's family is involved in corruption are easily viewed within China. It's now come out that political opponents of Wen's have been deliberately spreading the rumors as part of contentions within the Party. An insider recently told New Century News that Bo Xilai, the former Party Secretary of Chongqing city, was responsible for spreading the corruption charges about Wen's wife and son. The insider said one of Bo's supporters, who is currently under investigation, confessed that Bo personally instructed other people to spread the rumors. According to the insider, the scheme against Wen included spreading the rumours through 21st Century Business Herald and other well-known Chinese news websites, as well having people with close ties spread the rumors to Consulate officials in China.
The insider quoted the source as saying "Bo was pleased about the work done and commended the job as outstanding." Bo's follower under investigation also revealed that Sima Nan, a famous member of the "50-cent party," helped to review and polish the defamation material, which was later published on an overseas website. Sima Nan has been a vocal advocate of Bo's and frequently discusses the allegations against Wen's family, though he refrains from making comments on any other top leaders, such as Chinese leader Hu Jintao, Bo Xilai, or former securiy chief Zhou Yongkang. Zhou and Bo are both under investigation for a range of charges, including conspiring to overthrow Xi Jinping after his expected promotion to head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) later this year.
 Click www.ept.ms/ccp-crisis to read about the most recent developments in the ongoing crisis within the Chinese communist regime. In this special topic, we provide readers with the necessary context to understand the situation. Get the RSS feed. Get the new interactive Timeline of Events. Who are the Major Players? Wen's retaliation came in a recent Politburo Meeting. That was where, before a wide gathering of the CCP Politburo, Wen questioned Zhou about his connections with Bo and called for Zhou to be investigated. Zhou attempted to counter attack by referring to the rumors of corruption involving Wen's wife and said that she should also be investigated. "Otherwise an investigation of me is just partial, unacceptable to other Party members," Zhou responded, according to a well-placed source in Beijing. Zeng Qinghong, a former vice chairman of the country and an ally of Zhou, was said to have supported the demand for an investigation of Wen's wife. Wen said it was no problem for him or his family to be investigated and he would resign immediately if any were proven to be involved in embezzlement. Systematic rumor mongering has been a well-practiced tactic within the CCP. The Epoch Times published an exclusive report about Google's forced exit from China in late April, revealing how Bo and Zhou manipulated Baidu, China's leading search engine, to spread negative news against Hu Jintao, Wen Jiabao and Xi Jinping. When Chongqing's former top cop, Wang Lijun, fled for his life to the U.S. Consulate in Chengdu on Feb. 6, he set in motion a political storm that has not subsided. The battle behind the scenes turns on what stance officials take toward the persecution of Falun Gong. The faction with bloody hands—the officials former CCP head Jiang Zemin promoted in order to carry out the persecution—is seeking to avoid accountability for their crimes and to continue the campaign. Other officials are refusing any longer to participate in the persecution. Events present a clear choice to the officials and citizens of China, as well as people around the world: either support or oppose the persecution of Falun Gong. History will record the choice each person makes. Read the original Chinese article. The Epoch Times publishes in 35 countries and in 19 languages. Subscribe to our e-newsletter. |
| Chinese Scholars Voice Support for Falun Gong and ‘the Brave 300’ Posted: 27 May 2012 04:03 PM PDT  The petition signed by 300 hundred from Zhouguantun Village, Botou City, Hebei Province calling for the release of Falun Gong practitioner Wang Xiaodong has shaken up China's top leadership circle. (The Epoch Times) In early April, in an unprecedented manner, 300 Hebei province households stood up for one of their fellows, a Falun Gong practitioner who had been arrested for his beliefs and tortured. Using their names and identities, knowing they would likely feel the full weight of the Chinese regime on their backs, together they petitioned the authorities for his release. Their act of courage, which marks them 'the Brave 300,' has shaken the upper echelons of the Chinese communist party, and prompted intellectuals in China and abroad to add their voices to those of the villagers. Inspired by the Brave 300, a well known intellectual in mainland China spoke with the Epoch Times on May 25, on condition of anonymity: "I think the significance [of this event] is it offers an opportunity to solve the 'Falun Gong issue' before 18th Congress. Falun Gong is not a cult and should be respected under the concept of freedom of belief," the intellectual said.
"Even CCP top officials, or internal security people, will say the same thing. We need to give [Falun Gong practitioners] freedom of belief guaranteed by the constitution. Jiang Zemin's attack on Falun Gong is a mistake. We need to apologize at the national level, and provide them economic compensation," he said. Back in 1978, villagers from Xiaogang (a village near Nanjing, China) signed a secret agreement, effectively privatizing village land among themselves, which was at the time a criminal offence. Subsequently, village crop yields and income increased many-fold, and under Deng Xiaoping, the unprecedented agreement marked the beginning of rural land reform in China, and beginning of the end of collectivized farming in the country. The intellectual believes that the Brave 300 petition is comparable in significance to the Xiaogang villagers' agreement. He said if Chinese authorities don't solve the issue (of persecution against Falun Gong) at the Communist Party's 18th Congress, he and other intellectuals would start writing about it to the highest authorities. "I have prepared for it," he said.
Click www.ept.ms/ccp-crisis to read about the most recent developments in the ongoing crisis within the Chinese communist regime. In this special topic, we provide readers with the necessary context to understand the situation. Get the RSS feed. Get the new interactive Timeline of Events. Who are the Major Players? Zhong Weiguang, a Chinese scholar in Germany who is an expert on contemporary totalitarianism, said that based on the Brave 300 petition: "We can see that Chinese people are fed up with the practices of the communist party." While the Brave 300 are unique in using their real names and thumbprints on their petition, Zhong notes that in the past there were a number of other petitions supporting Falun Gong practitioners. "Chinese people already know that Falun Gong is a peaceful cultivation group, and at the same time they believe that ordinary people can create a positive change in society," he said. According to Zhong, Zhou Yongkang and the Bloody Hands faction (those directly responsible for the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners), are now effectively in the same situation as the 'Gang of Four,' the group who organized the Cultural Revolution in China in its latter stages. Both groups were at the forefront of persecuting the general public. The public hated both groups for it. Ultimately, the 'Gang of Four' was purged by Deng Xiaoping, who aligned himself with the will of the people. When Chongqing's former top cop, Wang Lijun, fled for his life to the U.S. Consulate in Chengdu on Feb. 6, he set in motion a political storm that has not subsided. The battle behind the scenes turns on what stance officials take toward the persecution of Falun Gong. The faction with bloody hands—the officials former CCP head Jiang Zemin promoted in order to carry out the persecution—is seeking to avoid accountability for their crimes and to continue the campaign. Other officials are refusing any longer to participate in the persecution. Events present a clear choice to the officials and citizens of China, as well as people around the world: either support or oppose the persecution of Falun Gong. History will record the choice each person makes. Read the original Chinese article. The Epoch Times publishes in 35 countries and in 19 languages. Subscribe to our e-newsletter. |
| Beijing Signals Turning Right By High Profile Commemoration Posted: 27 May 2012 03:49 PM PDT  Xi Jinping waves to the media upon his arrival at Shannon airport, in Ireland, on Feb. 18, 2012. (Peter Muhly/AFP/Getty Images) Extensive media coverage of the May 24, ten-year anniversary of the death of Xi Zhongxun, father of Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping—who is slated for the office of party secretary and president this fall—signals Beijing's right turn. Several Chinese media referred to Xi Zhongxun as a person who never committed a "leftist" mistake. Other pundits commented that Beijing is using the opportunity to further strike at "residual poisons" of leftist ideologies and policies promoted by Bo Xilai, the recently disgraced party secretary of Chongqing. An interview by Jinan Daily with Gu Juchuan, Xi Zhongxun's biographer, titled "10th Anniversary of Xi Zhongxun's Death" appeared on the front pages of China's state mouthpiece Xinhua Net and People's Daily Online. Hong Kong-based Wen Wei Po published a 2002 Xinhua report introducing the life of Xi Zhongxun, which was republished on its website under the title "No Leftist Mistake Committed in His Life."
Xi Zhongxun almost lost his life in a purging campaign during the Cultural Revolution when he fell victim to a power struggle and was sentenced to 16 years in prison. Xi was redressed in 1982 under Hu Yaobang, a Chinese leader and Comrade of Deng Xiaoping who served as both Chairman and Party General Secretary. Hu himself was purged and recalled a number of times during the Cultural Revolution. In 1987 Hu was forced to resign as General Secretary by political opponents who blamed an escalation of student protests on what they called Hu's "bourgeois liberalization." Under Deng Xiaoping, Xi was hailed as one of the "Eight Great Eminent Officials." After the Cultural Revolution, Xi became a pioneer in creating the first special economic zone in Southern China's Guangdong Province. Xi once voiced strong support for Hu Yaobang against the leftist faction within the Chinese Communist Party. In the early 1980s, Xi and Vice Premier Wan Li defeated a political coup launched against Hu Yaobang by Bo Yibo, the father of Bo Xilai. Later, when Deng deposed Hu Yaobang, Xi again strongly opposed attacks directed against Hu by Bo Yibo and his clan. These historical events were recorded in a series of articles and memoirs by Hu's former assistant, Lin Mu. Lin praised Xi Zhongxun for his kindness and integrity.
Click www.ept.ms/ccp-crisis to read about the most recent developments in the ongoing crisis within the Chinese communist regime. In this special topic, we provide readers with the necessary context to understand the situation. Get the RSS feed. Get the new interactive Timeline of Events. Who are the Major Players? Present Leaders' LegacyXi Zhongxun was a liberal; his sense of humanity reflected that of Hu Yaobang and Zhao Ziyang, who succeeded Hu as General Secretary and carried on with many of Hu's economic and political reforms. Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao were both promoted by Hu Yaobang and owe him a favor; they are thus also close to and respectful of Xi Zhongxun's memory. Xi Zhongxun was a mentor for both Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao. As such, it is no wonder that Hu and Wen have favored Xi Jinping. When Chongqing's former top cop, Wang Lijun, fled for his life to the U.S. Consulate in Chengdu on Feb. 6, he set in motion a political storm that has not subsided. The battle behind the scenes turns on what stance officials take toward the persecution of Falun Gong. The faction with bloody hands—the officials former CCP head Jiang Zemin promoted in order to carry out the persecution—is seeking to avoid accountability for their crimes and to continue the campaign. Other officials are refusing any longer to participate in the persecution. Events present a clear choice to the officials and citizens of China, as well as people around the world: either support or oppose the persecution of Falun Gong. History will record the choice each person makes. Read the original Chinese article. The Epoch Times publishes in 35 countries and in 19 languages. Subscribe to our e-newsletter. |
| Wen Jiabao criticized for Bo Xilai comments: Reuters Posted: 28 May 2012 12:12 AM PDT Chinese premier Wen Jiabao was recently criticized by fellow Communist Party officials for comments made in March that linked the radical policies of fallen political heavyweight Bo Xilai to Mao Zedon... |
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