Archive for June, 2007

EOC 45 - Stand off at Hong Kong Airport

Posted by Ben Smith on Saturday, June 30th, 2007
 
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The following is a transcript of the interview.Reporter: Tell us what the situation is over in Hong Kong now..please give us the details from when you first arrived until now.
Ichun Ko: Yesterday around 500 Falun Gong practitioners entered Hong Kong airport, but from what we understand is that around 250 have been detained at the [...]

EOC 44 - Headlines from China

Posted by Ben Smith on Friday, June 29th, 2007
 
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This week Hong Kong bows to Beijing pressure turning away valid travelers, Former official calls for the end of the CCP, and Rabbi says “NO” to organ harvesting…
Rabbi, Dr. Reuven Bulka, a leader of the Canadian Jewish community, visited Israel in the middle of May to participate in the International Forum of Rabbis.
In an interview [...]

CCP tries To Stop NZ Politicians Meeting Dalai Lama

Posted by Erin Toirkens on Wednesday, June 13th, 2007
 
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The Chinese Embassy has been pressuring New Zealand politicians to avoid meeting the Dalai Lama after he arrives in New Zealand later this week.Green Party Foreign Affairs spokesperson Keith Locke said an embassy official had approached members of the Green Party discouraging a meeting with the spiritual leader of Tibet.

CCP Sets Traps for Western Politicians

Posted by Erin Toirkens on Wednesday, June 13th, 2007
 
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On June 6, Chen Yonglin, a former Chinese consulate staff stationed in Sydney, Australia, revealed during a press conference at the Ottawa Parliament how Beijing manipulates western politicians to persecute Falun Gong and others who support freedom from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

Mans brother receives transplant from a Falun Gong member

Posted by Erin Toirkens on Wednesday, June 13th, 2007
 
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14-6-07 Seoul news: A Korean man from Jilin Province of China revealed last month in the capital of South Korea that at end of last year, his brother-in-law suffered from severe liver malfunction and received a live liver from a Falun Gong practitioner who died soon after his liver was removed, yet his brother-in-law only [...]

Tragedy in China over birth control

Posted by Erin Toirkens on Tuesday, June 12th, 2007
 
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8/6/2007In Hebei province, Nan Chang Bao village located north to Bao Ding City of Hebei Province, a pregnant woman died as she was climbing down a rope that broke in the midway of her attempted escape from forced abortion. Her husband was arrested and is still held in detention by the authorities.

China has cornered the global market for vitamins

Posted by Erin Toirkens on Tuesday, June 12th, 2007
 
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SHIJIAZHUANG, China - If you pop a vitamin C tablet in your mouth, it’s a good bet it came from China. Indeed, many of the world’s vitamins are now made in China.In less than a decade, China has captured 90 percent of the U.S. market for vitamin C, driving almost everyone else out of business.

Guangxi upsurge over birth control

Posted by Erin Toirkens on Thursday, June 7th, 2007
 
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News from 26th May, uprisings broke out in Buo-Bai County of Guangxi Province with fifty thousand people involved from seven towns since the 17th May to 23rd May. Angry crowds burnt down the three-story government building in Buo-Bai Napu County on 17th May. The siege surrounding the government complex topped on the 19th May. The [...]

EOC 43 - Are the Olympics backfiring on China?

Posted by Ben Smith on Monday, June 4th, 2007
 
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The Olympics are throwing the spot light on China’s list of human rights disasters, including Darfur implications, Tianamen massacre,and the organ harvesting of political prisoners.Darfur Collides With Olympics, and China Yields
China Must Lift Veil on Massacre Say Dissidents
China’s rights record could compromise Olympics: US