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- Stick it to the man: Hu Jintao shows a-peel not flagging
- US experience influx of foreign home buyers
- Transparency in philanthropy not satisfactory in China
- Rare earth smuggling rampant in China
- US watching China's rise in space
- DPP should approach China proactively: lawmaker
- Taiwan subsidizes colon cancer screenings
- China's Flash PMI hits 7-month low
- Top China Stories from WSJ: Nokia’s Plans, Growth Dilemma, Manufacturing Slows
- Care issues loom for China's seniors who have lost their child
- Proview trying to sell "iPad" trademark before bankruptcy
- Petitioner found dead after trying to visit US embassy in Beijing
- Taiwan's Kbro must explain channel switch: communications regulator
- US says Chinese firms buying Iranian oil will face consequnces
- Cambodia asks China for proof before handing over French architect
- Parents of Liu criticized for not receiving officials during Shenzhou-9 liftoff
- HTC to launch a slew of new products in fourth quarter
- Stark rejection: Andy Lau turns down role in Iron Man 3
- China and Brazil strike $30bn bilateral swap deal to reinforce economies
- An American Woman Fights for Chinese Women’s Rights
| Stick it to the man: Hu Jintao shows a-peel not flagging Posted: 22 Jun 2012 04:43 AM PDT Images of China's president, Hu Jintao, stooping to pick up a sticker of the Chinese national flag as he lined up with other world leaders at the G20 summit in Mexico on June 18 have been hailed as a ... |
| US experience influx of foreign home buyers Posted: 22 Jun 2012 04:39 AM PDT A growing number of foreign buyers, including those from China, are aiding the recovery of the property sector in the United Sates, the Guangdong-based Time Weekly reported. Statistics from the US Na... |
| Transparency in philanthropy not satisfactory in China Posted: 22 Jun 2012 04:35 AM PDT More than 90% of Chinese people are not satisfied with the transparency in philanthropy, according to a survey released June 18, reports Want Daily, our Chinese-language sister newspaper. The surve... |
| Rare earth smuggling rampant in China Posted: 22 Jun 2012 04:03 AM PDT Rare earth smuggling in China reached 22,320 tons in 2011, far exceeding the quota of exports through normal channels in the country, the First Financial Daily reports. Foreign customs statistics fro... |
| US watching China's rise in space Posted: 22 Jun 2012 03:47 AM PDT World powers are seeking to expand their marine and aerospace resources to remain afloat amid the financial crisis, Time Weekly reported. Development in the marine and space sectors requires high-en... |
| DPP should approach China proactively: lawmaker Posted: 22 Jun 2012 03:47 AM PDT Taiwan's opposition Democratic Progressive Party should proactively interact with China on the basis of democratic values and be a part of the mainland's peaceful transformation into a more democratiz... |
| Taiwan subsidizes colon cancer screenings Posted: 22 Jun 2012 03:23 AM PDT Taiwan's Department of Health has urged the public to use a government-funded colon cancer screening program in the wake of a report showing that the number of Taiwanese suffering from the disease is ... |
| China's Flash PMI hits 7-month low Posted: 22 Jun 2012 03:23 AM PDT The HSBC Flash Purchasing Managers Index, the earliest monthly indicator of China's industrial activity, fell to a seven-month low of 48.1 in June. The figure also shows that the country's manufactur... |
| Top China Stories from WSJ: Nokia’s Plans, Growth Dilemma, Manufacturing Slows Posted: 21 Jun 2012 06:57 PM PDT Asia faces a new local growth dilemma; despite Nokia's plans to cut jobs and streamline operations world-wide, the company says it won't pull back in China; a preliminary gauge of Chinese manufacturing activity fell in June. |
| Care issues loom for China's seniors who have lost their child Posted: 22 Jun 2012 01:47 AM PDT Unlike many Chinese parents, Shen Xiuyi and her husband are not looking forward to the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival, which marks a time when busy sons and daughters return home for family reunions. ... |
| Proview trying to sell "iPad" trademark before bankruptcy Posted: 22 Jun 2012 01:47 AM PDT Taiwan-based LCD manufacturer Proview is desperate to prevent a Chinese court from liquidating its assets before the company can settle its "iPad" trademark dispute with Apple. On Wednesday afternoon... |
| Petitioner found dead after trying to visit US embassy in Beijing Posted: 22 Jun 2012 01:47 AM PDT An elderly petitioner from Hebei province in northern China tried to approach the US embassy in Beijing on June 14 and was taken away by police. Two days later, he was dead. Other petitioners at th... |
| Taiwan's Kbro must explain channel switch: communications regulator Posted: 22 Jun 2012 01:47 AM PDT Taiwanese internet and cable service provider Kbro will be required to organize a briefing on a mechanism it has used to ensure that all channels are equally able to broadcast on its cable TV services... |
| US says Chinese firms buying Iranian oil will face consequnces Posted: 22 Jun 2012 01:47 AM PDT The United States has warned that any Chinese company intending to buy oil from Iran will be forbidden from operating business in America. China, the largest buyer of Iranian oil, is still on a seco... |
| Cambodia asks China for proof before handing over French architect Posted: 22 Jun 2012 01:47 AM PDT Without any proof of a crimes, the Cambodian government says it will not extradite Patrick Henri Devillers, the French architect wanted in China for his possible involvement in murder of Neil Heywood,... |
| Parents of Liu criticized for not receiving officials during Shenzhou-9 liftoff Posted: 22 Jun 2012 01:47 AM PDT China's Shenzhou-9 space craft blasted off on June 16, carried the country's first female astronaut, Major Liu Yang. While the country watched the lift off, Liu's parents were reportedly criticized fo... |
| HTC to launch a slew of new products in fourth quarter Posted: 22 Jun 2012 01:47 AM PDT HTC will stage a comprehensive market offensive in the fourth quarter with new models. It reportedly plans to roll out flagship models in September or October, which will be furnished with a 5" screen... |
| Stark rejection: Andy Lau turns down role in Iron Man 3 Posted: 22 Jun 2012 01:47 AM PDT Hong Kong superstar Andy Lau has pulled out of a potential role in Iron Man 3 to spend more time with his newborn daughter, reports our Chinese-language sister paper Want Daily. The 50-year-old Lau... |
| China and Brazil strike $30bn bilateral swap deal to reinforce economies Posted: 21 Jun 2012 06:41 PM PDT  Announcement also includes plans for joint satellite launches, culture centres and language networks Brazil and China have jointly reinforced their financial reserves with a $30bn swap arrangement that aims to offset further economic instability in Europe and the United States. The deal was announced on Thursday as a first step towards the creation of a financial bloc of emerging economies that are trying to become less reliant on the dollar as a trading currency and on developed nations as markets. Under the bilateral swap arrangement, Brazil is entitled to take 190bn yuan from the Chinese central bank, while China can take 60bn real from the equivalent body in Brazil. The money can be used for trade or to boost reserves during times of crisis. The swap arrangement was at the centre of a wide ranging new partnership with China that also includes joint satellite launches, shared research on nanotechnology and cooperation in the field of oil and gas. In unveiling the deal, Brazil's finance minister Guido Mantega said it was a move towards closer intergration of the five BRICS (Brazil, Russian, India, China and South Africa), which together have $4tn of foreign exchange reserves. Closer ties are designed to make emerging economies more resilient to financial shocks such as that in 2008, when, he said, world trade almost froze for two months. "This reinforces our financial reserves at a moment when the global economy is stressed," he said. "We recognise that developed economies are still in crisis. The BRICS are the most dynamic and we'll continue to expand. China has overtaken the US as Brazil's major trading partner with a 17% share of the total. Critics say the trade is unbalanced because China buys commodities and sells higher-value goods. Mantega said the new deal would involve more trade diversification, including Chinese purchases of aircraft made by Embraer, a Brazilian manufacturer and Chinese investment to build oil drilling platforms in Brazil. The two countries will also jointly launch two satellites, one this year and another in 2014 and set up culture centres and language networks in each other's countries. Trade will also continue to focus heavily on China's demand for commodities, which have helped Brazil resist the downturn in the global economy. "The expansion of trade with China can be infinite," said Mantega, who was speaking on the sidelines of the Rio+20 sustainability conference. "China is fast growing and wants to stimulate consumption so they will continue to buy our commodities. There are no limits." 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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| An American Woman Fights for Chinese Women’s Rights Posted: 21 Jun 2012 05:39 PM PDT  President of Women's Rights Without Frontiers Reggie Littlejohn (L), on May 3, at The Heritage Foundation in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) LOS ANGELES—Working as a litigation lawyer in the 1990's, Reggie Littlejohn first became exposed to the abuses of China's one-child policy when she represented a woman who was applying for political asylum in the United States. The woman was forced to undergo sterilization in China after she had her first baby. Littlejohn thus established Women's Rights Without Frontiers, an international coalition to expose and oppose forced abortion, gendercide and sexual slavery in China. Littlejohn spoke at a June 18 event hosted by Children of Jewish Holocaust Survivors, titled "Never Again is Now—China's One-Child Policy is Genocide, Not Abortion," held at the Luxe Hotel on Sunset Boulevard.
Before delivering her speech, Caroline Wang, a Chinese woman approached Littlejohn and embraced her with tears running down her cheeks. Wang (aka Wang Yanbing) had received much encouragement and support from Littlejohn by email after Chinese authorities subjected her to a forced abortion. Wang was pregnant with her third child. Wang and her husband Zhang Ziming were about to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary, and they both wanted the child. But since this was a violation of the one-child policy, both were fired from their jobs. Zhang then opened his own business to earn some money and also pay local officials a bribe fee to allow the couple to have the child. However, people from the local family planning office kept visiting Wang at home to coerce her to have an abortion. Wang was already four months pregnant, but a family planning employee told her, "We even do induced labor abortions on eight month pregnant women, don't even think about getting away with a third child!" Wang was forced to have the abortion. But the injection to induce labor gave her a severe allergic reaction and nearly killed her. In addition, Wang suffered prolonged emotional trauma. Then, one day, she came across the Women's Rights Without Frontiers website and contacted Littlejohn. The two began to communicate via email, and Wang was finally able to feel relief from her pain. Upon meeting Littlejohn at the event, Wang told her she used to be so sad that she cried every day and kept checking her email again and again, looking for messages from Littlejohn. Reflecting on her meeting with Wang, Littlejohn told The Epoch Times: "The emotional meeting reminds me that this stuff is real. The people affected by the one-child policy are real. It's easy for us to get lost in the statistics, but when I see a couple standing in front of me, it gives me more of the passion to stop abortion and free Chinese women." She also said that the one-child policy is rooted in inducing terror among the Chinese public, especially when people are encouraged to report those who have more than one child to the authorities. "It's social control masked under population control," Littlejohn said. "Reporting each other rips apart the fabric of trust in society. If you can't trust anyone, you can't organize a democratic movement. The one-child policy is a weapon against democracy." After hearing the presentation, Mark Tapson, an audience member, told The Epoch Times: "Like most Americans, I didn't understand the one-child policy. It sounds reasonable—overpopulation is a problem. But most people don't understand that a totalitarian regime will use it to punish you. The real human tragedy behind the one-child policy opened my eyes." Littlejohn was recently awarded the "Spirit of Tiananmen" Award for her efforts to free blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng. Chen had been jailed and tortured for exposing forced sterilization and forced abortions inflicted on thousands of women in Linyi, his home town in Shandong province. Chen made a daring escape from house arrest to the U.S. Embassy in Beijing last month and is now living in New York with his wife and two children where he studies law. Related ArticlesRead the original Chinese article. The Epoch Times publishes in 35 countries and in 19 languages. Subscribe to our e-newsletter. |
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