Breaking News – Severe droughts in Kunming region, with villagers drinking mud to survive
According to SOH sources, 5 counties in Kunming, Yunnan province are suffering from severe droughts, with some regions receiving no rain for 4~5 months. With the spring time perfect for farming, crops are severely damaged and residents are unable to access drinking water, resorting to people drinking slurry.
Breaking News – Tibetan protest extends to Beijing, with support from university students
50 Tibetan students from the Beijing Central Cultural University, the highest level of ethnic education institution in China began a silent protest on March 17 inside the university campus. Their protest brings the demonstration of Tibetans to thecapital of China. Eyewitnesses have said that the protesting students have lit candles. There are public security officers [...]
Breaking News – Bao Dan urges the Two sessions to adopt the “International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights”
During the recent Two Sessions of the CCP, SOH interviewed Mr Bao Dan, the secretary to the former General Secretary of the CCP Zhao Ziyang. Mr Bao urged the Two Sessions to discuss and adopt the United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (UN ICCPR).
Breaking News – People from Mainland China support putting Jiang’s clan on trial
During the two congresses either regional or central in China, rights advocates all over China have been suppressed, especially in Shanghai, the most severely suppressed. Northeast rights advocate Kong Qiang recently issued a seventh open letter, urging the authorities to bring Jiang’s nephew Wu Zhiming to justice. The proposal has won the support of people.
Breaking News – 17 people killed in fire of Dongliao coal mine in Jilin
In the morning of 5th March Jinan coal mine was on fire and led to 17 people being killed in Dongliao town of Jilin City. The accident was under investigation and rehabilitation resettlement work is in progress.
Breaking News – Representatives of Shanghai evicted home victims appeals in Beijing for a retrial of Zhou Zhenyi
Victims Representatives of the Shanghai East Eight Land force removals Sheng Ting, Hong Kong resident Li Jingquan and Luo Fangfang along with her mother Hua Gui yu have arrived in Beijing to appeal to the CCP’s 11th National People’s Congress to retry Zhou Zhenyi. The group of 4 published a press release before their journey.
Breaking News – Hundreds of appealers arrive in Tiananmen as the National People’s Congress commences
The CCP’s 11th National People’s Congress began on March 5 and hundreds of appealers from all over the country who have prepared to appeal at the Congress venue were intercepted by thousands of police heavily guarding the venue. Appealers then changed course and went to Tiananmen Square to appeal and handout fliers but were quickly [...]
Breaking News – 226 Rightists demand Compensation and Justice from The CCP
On the 5th of March during the two sessions of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Jiang Wenyang wrote an open letter to the Central Committee of the CCP, the National People’s Congress and the State Council on behalf of 226 Rightists from Chongqing.
Breaking News – With the opening of CCP’s two congresses, a high-level power strife emerged
According to comprehensive news by SOH, the first meeting of The 11th Session of Communist Party’s Politics and Consultation Commission (CPPCC) began on the 3rd March in Beijing whilst the first meeting of the11th Session of National People’s Congress would also commence on 5th March. Prior to this meeting, from 25th to 27th February at [...]
Breaking News – Measles variation infected over 10,000 people in Xinjiang
On March 4 Xinjiang Health Department announced in the statutory infectious diseases circular that this year, a Xinjiang measles epidemic expanded more than previous years significantly. From January to February the number of reported measles cases exceeded 11,000 cases, already claiming 21 lives.
