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- US, Japan, S. Korean joint military exercises provoke N. Korea and China
- China's UAVs capable of disrupting US aircraft carriers: reports
- New supercomputers to improve Taiwan's weather bureau's accuracy
- Chinese farmer turns life's hardships into self-written TV show
- Car accident scene looted for lottery tickets in Liaoning
- More talks needed on Taiwan-China investment protection pact: VP
- Next Up at Wimbledon: Li Na
- China's Jiaolong submersible has hidden military goals: Duowei
- Taiwan to unveil list of large tax debtors in July
- Top China Stories from WSJ: U.S. Luxury in Demand, Brazilian Swap Deal, Space Dock
- Gu Kailai has confessed to murder of Neil Heywood: Asahi Shimbun
- North Korea Tests the Patience of Its Ally, China
- Stop releasing snakes into the wild: Taichung police
- Taiwanese extreme marathon runner to carry torch for London Olympics
- Making the cut: Chinese grads prepare for job market with plastic surgery
- Pets funeral services more and more popular in Taiwan
- Down-and-out Chinese youth rents railway ad TV for gaming
- Taiwanese designer Jeff Shi to open bamboo art center in Beijing
- Creditors feel cheated by Nanjing Huafei liquidation
- Taiwanese Falun Gong Practitioner Arrested in China
| US, Japan, S. Korean joint military exercises provoke N. Korea and China Posted: 25 Jun 2012 04:59 AM PDT While the United States, South Korea and Japan are launching the largest joint military exercises in the Korean Peninsula, drills are also being conducted by the People's Liberation Army near the bord... |
| China's UAVs capable of disrupting US aircraft carriers: reports Posted: 25 Jun 2012 04:43 AM PDT China has reportedly developed unmanned aerial vehicles capable of interfering with the navigation of US aircraft carriers in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea, according to foreign reports. ... |
| New supercomputers to improve Taiwan's weather bureau's accuracy Posted: 25 Jun 2012 04:35 AM PDT Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau said Sunday that it has placed orders for supercomputers from Japan as part of its efforts to greatly boost the accuracy of its weather forecasts. The NT$500 million ... |
| Chinese farmer turns life's hardships into self-written TV show Posted: 25 Jun 2012 04:35 AM PDT Poverty made 36-year-old farmer Liu Yunxia drop out of school and accept an arranged marriage. But she never stopped pursuing her dream. She changed her life, and is now trying to tell her story to al... |
| Car accident scene looted for lottery tickets in Liaoning Posted: 25 Jun 2012 04:23 AM PDT A car carrying lottery tickets worth 9 million yuan (US$1.4 million) had an accident on a highway in Liaoning on June 15, according to the Liaoshen Evening News. At 7am, the car was hit by a truck on... |
| More talks needed on Taiwan-China investment protection pact: VP Posted: 25 Jun 2012 04:23 AM PDT Further negotiations are needed on a planned Taiwan-China investment protection agreement designed to better protect the interests of Taiwanese businessmen in China, Vice President Wu Den-yih said Sun... |
| Posted: 24 Jun 2012 08:26 PM PDT China's most successful tennis player Li Na begins her charge toward her first Wimbledon title Monday night. |
| China's Jiaolong submersible has hidden military goals: Duowei Posted: 25 Jun 2012 03:51 AM PDT The Jiaolong, the Chinese deep-sea submersible that recently cleared a depth of 7,000 meters, is purportedly being used by the military for less well-known purposes, reports Duowei News, a US-based on... |
| Taiwan to unveil list of large tax debtors in July Posted: 25 Jun 2012 03:39 AM PDT The Taiwanese government will release a list of the country's largest tax debtors on July 1, as part of efforts to collect unpaid taxes, an official at the Ministry of Justice said recently. The li... |
| Top China Stories from WSJ: U.S. Luxury in Demand, Brazilian Swap Deal, Space Dock Posted: 24 Jun 2012 06:36 PM PDT A new wave of buyers from China is snapping up luxury properties across the U.S.; Brazil and China signed a preliminary agreement on local currency swaps; a Chinese spacecraft carrying three astronauts docked manually with an orbiting module Sunday. |
| Gu Kailai has confessed to murder of Neil Heywood: Asahi Shimbun Posted: 24 Jun 2012 09:23 AM PDT Gu Kailai, the wife of fallen Chinese political heavyweight Bo Xilai, has confessed to the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood and will soon be prosecuted, reports Japanese newspaper Asahi Shim... |
| North Korea Tests the Patience of Its Ally, China Posted: 23 Jun 2012 10:00 PM PDT  Kim Jong-un's aggressive weapons program and stubborn refusal to open the economy are contributing to China's frustration at the young leader. |
| Stop releasing snakes into the wild: Taichung police Posted: 25 Jun 2012 01:51 AM PDT Releasing snakes into the wild will now be punishable by a fine of up to NT$100,000 (US$3,300) in Taiwan's central Taichung, the city government's agriculture bureau said June 19. "Releasing or letti... |
| Taiwanese extreme marathon runner to carry torch for London Olympics Posted: 25 Jun 2012 01:51 AM PDT Samsung Mobile Taiwan said Saturday that Taiwanese extreme marathon runner Chen Yen-po and two others selected to represent the company have arrived in the United Kingdom to take part in the London 20... |
| Making the cut: Chinese grads prepare for job market with plastic surgery Posted: 25 Jun 2012 01:51 AM PDT An increasing number of university graduates in China are going under the knife for small cosmetic surgeries before attending job interviews. Cosmetic surgery clinics in China are receiving rising nu... |
| Pets funeral services more and more popular in Taiwan Posted: 25 Jun 2012 01:51 AM PDT A pet's funeral service can as expensive as a human's, the China Times reported June 19. "We offer 'pets funeral services' because more and more customers want to spend money on this," said Liu Wei-l... |
| Down-and-out Chinese youth rents railway ad TV for gaming Posted: 25 Jun 2012 01:51 AM PDT China's self-proclaimed "no. 1 diaosi" rented a large advertising screen at the Beijing West railway station, and used it to play online games, saying that he had to do something spectacular to win ba... |
| Taiwanese designer Jeff Shi to open bamboo art center in Beijing Posted: 25 Jun 2012 01:51 AM PDT Designer Jeff Shi, founder of the Dragonfly Gallery based in Taiwan, has embarked on a mission to promote art and practical applications based on bamboo. He hopes to open a massive bamboo art and desi... |
| Creditors feel cheated by Nanjing Huafei liquidation Posted: 25 Jun 2012 01:47 AM PDT The assets of Nanjing Huafei Color Display System, a joint venture between the state-owned Huadong Electronics and Philips Electronics, were auctioned for 712 million yuan (US$112 million) at the Nanj... |
| Taiwanese Falun Gong Practitioner Arrested in China Posted: 24 Jun 2012 05:11 PM PDT  (L to R)Two of Zhong's relatives, Zhong's wife, Zhong Ai, Legislator Cheng Li-chiun, Legislator Yu Emi-nu, chairman of the Taiwan Falun Dafa Association Chang Ching-hsi, and Falun Gong human rights lawyer Theresa Chu. Press conference to appeal for the urgent release of Zhong Dingbang, in Taiwan, on June 22. (Zhong Yuan/The Epoch Times) TAIPEI, Taiwan—A Taiwanese businessman and Falun Gong practitioner was abducted by Chinese security forces last week, starting a campaign by his family to raise political and media attention about the case on the small island. Zhong Dingbang left Taiwan on June 15 for a three-day trip to Ganzhou, China, to visit relatives. He was expected to return home on June 18, but never did. His phone was dead, too.
The relatives of Zhong's wife and his daughter, Zhong Ai, in the mainland learned that domestic security forces had taken him away. They said he was needed to "help with an investigation into Falun Gong," a peaceful spiritual practice that has been persecuted often relentlessly by the Chinese authorities since 1999. Zhong is 53 and holds a Master's in Engineering. He travels to China for business and to see relatives. "The Taiwanese government needs to request that the Communist Party release my father from custody!" His daughter, Zhong Ai, wrote in a letter that was quickly circulated online. Confronting the communist behemoth across the strait has so far not been the specialty of current Taiwanese president Ma Ying-jeou, however. Lawmakers are putting pressure on him nevertheless. Legislator Yu Emi-nu took Mrs. Zhong and Zhong Ai to the Legislative Yuan office where they held a press conference recently. They discussed the persecution of Falun Gong in China and Mrs. Zhong's 25 year marriage. Zhong Ai, the daughter and a recent university graduate, said that although she doesn't practice the discipline, she thinks it "teaches people to be better people … it's a good spiritual belief that brings peace and harmony to our family. It's not like what the communist party describes it to be," she added. Theresa Chu, an attorney that often represents Falun Gong practitioners and litigates Chinese officials for genocide and torture, said that Zhong is probably now in the hands of the 610 Office, a secretive, powerful, and extrajudicial police agency that was established with the mission of "eradicating" Falun Gong in China, using whatever means necessary. Ms. Yu, the legislator, pointed out that the reciprocal judicial assistance agreement reached by both sides of the strait requires a report about the place and reason for the detention of a Taiwanese citizen.Ms. Yu, the legislator, pointed out that the reciprocal judicial assistance agreement reached by both sides of the strait requires a report about the place and reason for the detention of a Taiwanese citizen. It's unclear whether the mainland will be furnishing that in this case. Falun Gong practitioners, persecuted and vilified by the ruling party, are often treated without recourse to any law in China. There are somewhat encouraging precedents in cases like this, however. The detention of Falun Gong practitioner Lin Xiaokai in 2003 for example was handled at the presidential level, according to legislator Cheng Li-chiun. "We also demand that the Communist Party release Zhong Dingbang unconditionally, and allow his return to Taiwan to be reunited with his family," Cheng said. From 1998 to 2009 there were 14 Taiwanese Falun Gong practitioners that were persecuted upon visiting mainland China, all serving periods of detention but being released before having to serve their full sentences. Among them was Li Xinju, who was forced to by a spy by Chinese security forces. Li was made to collect information on Falun Gong practitioners around the world and intelligence about the election in Taiwan for use by the communists. Related ArticlesRead original Chinese article. The Epoch Times publishes in 35 countries and in 19 languages. Subscribe to our e-newsletter. |
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