Archive for June 1st, 2009

Life Is Tough for Stateless Refugees - Daily NK

Monday, June 1st, 2009

Life Is Tough for Stateless RefugeesDaily NK, South KoreaHowever, it was too difficult to continue living in China and, knowing that being repatriated again would result in my death, I decided to go to South Korea. However, this became more difficult due to last year's Olympics. …

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Is there anything to fear from China? - Los Angeles Times

Monday, June 1st, 2009

Is there anything to fear from China?Los Angeles Times, CAA keen sense of national pride — something the Olympics did much to nurture — has the Chinese people in its unyielding grip. And that, students of realpolitik argue, could lead to what truly matters: thatthough China's power will not again need to be …

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China destroys culture, Hong Kong cares - Taipei Times

Monday, June 1st, 2009

Straits TimesChina destroys culture, Hong Kong caresTaipei Times, TaiwanWestern lobbyists rightly championed civil rights in China during the brief (and mostly sycophantic) period of the Olympics, to scant obvious effect. It is tempting to say that civil rights command headlines, but cultural heritage — where foreign …Tiananmen: A battle of remembering vs. forgetting The Associated PressDanish Tiananmen sculptor barred from Hong Kong AFPHong Kong Politician Cites Murder Plot Wall Street JournalChina Worker - Scotsmanall 322 news articles

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Shanghai Buys Itself a Makeover Before a Fair - New York Times

Monday, June 1st, 2009

New York TimesShanghai Buys Itself a Makeover Before a FairNew York Times, United StatesBy DAVID BARBOZA SHANGHAI — Less than a year after Beijing hosted the Summer Olympics, Shanghai is gearing up for its own mega-event: the 2010 World Expo. Although the World Expo may have lost much of the luster it had when it was better known as the …Shanghai to Spend US$45 Billion for Expo China Briefingall 13 news articles

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Tiananmen will not be forgotten - BBC News

Monday, June 1st, 2009

WA todayTiananmen will not be forgottenBBC News, UKWe applied for the official "journalist visas", announced during last year's Olympic Games - offering greater openness and freedom for the foreign press. After months of waiting - and advice from Chinese journalists that hen's teeth might be more …Video: It happened in Tiananmen Square - 31 May 09 - Part 1 Al JazeeraEvent marks 20 years since Tiananmen Square crackdown Seattle Post IntelligencerKATE ADIE: Twenty years after Tiananmen Square, blood is still on … Daily MailReuters - Richmond Times Dispatchall 376 news articles

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olympic spirit: China stuns Germany with 1-1 draw at friendly

Monday, June 1st, 2009

Germany’s Mario Gomez (front) heads the ball during Team China International Football Friendly Match against China at Shanghai Stadium in Shanghai, east China, on May 29, 2009. … olympic-spirit.blogspot.com …

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Haikou Travel | Mysterious China Blog

Monday, June 1st, 2009

Mysterious China blog introduce all about China, include Chinese History, Chinese Culture, Chinese Scenery, China Travel Tour, Chinese Food, China Today, Chinese Kung Fu, Chinese Legend and Beijing Olympics. …

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China Olympics, Tibet Torture, Coca-Cola Profits. « colonos

Monday, June 1st, 2009

China Olympics, Tibet Torture, Coca-Cola Profits http://www.indiaresource.org/campaigns/coke/2008/cokeolympics.html. San Francisco (April 28, 2008): Responding to a question about Coca-Cola’s sponsorship of the Olympic Torch Relay at …

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Beijing Olympics: China experts to examine Thailand's new panda cub

Monday, June 1st, 2009

Only about 1600 pandas live in the wild, mostly in China’s southwestern Sichuan province, which was hit by an earthquake last year that killed nearly 70000 people. An additional 120 are in Chinese breeding facilities and zoos, …

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KATE ADIE: Twenty years after Tiananmen Square, blood is still on the hands of China’s leaders (Daily Mail)

Monday, June 1st, 2009

The BBC News veteran tells how she found fear and repression at the heart of the glittering new China.

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