Archive for January, 2009

Virtual Groundswell - Washington Post

Friday, January 30th, 2009

Virtual GroundswellWashington Post, United States - 1 hour agoOnly months after flaunting its model of unfree capitalism at the Beijing Olympics, China's leadership is under severe pressure from the global economic …

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Chinese premier's visit sparks widespread protests - InTheNews.co.uk

Friday, January 30th, 2009

InTheNews.co.ukChinese premier's visit sparks widespread protestsInTheNews.co.uk, UK - 5 hours ago"Gordon Brown and other leaders failed to press the Chinese authorities to respect human rights ahead of the Olympics," said Kate Allen, director of Amnesty …

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Family bridged 30-year China-US divide - CNN

Friday, January 30th, 2009

Family bridged 30-year China-US divideCNN - 4 hours agoYuan later tried to publish a book, "History of the Olympics," with his friend, Dong Shouyi, China's third International Olympic Committee member, …

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Beijing China - 2008 Olympics » Vancouver 2010 - International

Friday, January 30th, 2009

Vancouver 2010 - International Olympic Committee. Published on January 29, 2009 by Technorati Search for: olympics. Vancouver 2010 - International Olympic CommitteeOffers info and current news on the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver …

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Beijing China - 2008 Olympics » Get your Special Olympics scarf

Friday, January 30th, 2009

Beijing China - 2008 Olympics. Medal Updates, News & Events. Olympic News. Get your Special Olympics scarf now - Idaho Mountain Express and Guide. Published on January 29, 2009 by olympics - Google News …

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China Bans Grossly Diseased, The Dutch From Olympics | Calamity News

Friday, January 30th, 2009

China Bans Grossly Diseased, The Dutch From Olympics. London, UK - According to a leading Japanese philanthropist who campaigns for people suffering from leprosy, China should scrap its plans to bar individuals who are suffering from …

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Beijing China - 2008 Olympics » Olympics-Deep funding cuts for

Friday, January 30th, 2009

Beijing China - 2008 Olympics. Medal Updates, News & Events. Olympic News. Olympics-Deep funding cuts for British minority sports - Reuters. Published on January 29, 2009 by olympics - Google News …

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China: Olympics Protester Ji Sizun Jailed for 3 years | Human

Friday, January 30th, 2009

News, Articles and Comment on Human Rights Issues. The Chinese government should immediately exonerate and release imprisoned grassroots legal defender Ji Sizun. Ji’s efforts to protest during the 2008 Beijing.

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USA/China: Amnesty International Testimony Human Rights in China And UN?s Universal Periodic Review (Amnesty International)

Friday, January 30th, 2009

Amnesty International Testimony Human Rights in China And UN’s Universal Periodic Review Before Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Committee on Foreign Affairs United States Congress

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Family bridged 30-year China-U.S. divide (CNN)

Friday, January 30th, 2009

For more than three decades, two sides of Lucille Chang Lee’s childhood remained on opposite sides of the China-U.S. divide. Adopted as a toddler by her mother’s best friend and taken to the United States, Lee had to wait until Cold War hostilities thawed in the 1970s before she could meet her biological family again.

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