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» The World Has Been Kidnapped - 23-June-2010
By Yanjun SunEpoch Times StaffCreated: Jun 22, 2010  Last Updated: Jun 23, 2010 Chaos plagues China these days. According to official statistics, 200 million people are unemployed. Every two minutes, someone kills him or herself. Grievances among the citizenry have lead to a rapid increase in mass protests, which are often violent. In addition, the environment is gravely polluted, with half of underground water undrinkable. The seven major rivers are completely polluted, and one-fifth of arable land is polluted by heavy metals. Corruption is rife. The gap between the rich and poor is massive. China’s Gini coefficient has already reached 0.51. [The Gini coefficient is a measure of statistical dispersion commonly used to measure inequality of wealth.] The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) may well collapse, but before it does, it seems as though the world has been taken hostage. The CCP’s rule of China is a tragedy of history. The 1989 democracy movement provided the CCP with a

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» Xinjiang launches campaign to promote stability ahead of riot anniversary... - 23-June-2010
Article Link07:57, June 23, 2010      Almost 10,000 people Tuesday went out among the people of west China's Xinjiang region to deliver a message of stability and prosperity in the run-up to the first anniversary of a riot that left almost 200 people dead. A total of 9,210 officials and scholars would explain the government's support policies in schools, government departments, communities, villages, families and mosques across Xinjiang, said Li Yi, head of the regional publicity department of the Communist Party of China (CPC). After the campaign launch, Professor Ding Shouqing, of Xinjiang's Party school, embarked on a tour to promote the policies to support the region's development. Ding said he felt obliged to deliver the voice of the Party to every household in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. "We will let all people in Xinjiang know that an historic opportunity has arrived and show them the region's future in the next 10 years." A focus of the campaign is the package of polici

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» PM must talk human rights with China: coalition - 23-June-2010
Article LinkLast Updated: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 | 4:20 PM ET A coalition of Canadian human rights groups is urging Prime Minister Stephen Harper to use the visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao as an opportunity to urge China to improve its human rights record. "Increased prosperity [in China] must not be mistaken for increased human protection," the group argues in a letter to Harper. The letter details human rights violations against Uyghurs, Tibetans, Falun Gong practitioners, democracy activists and human rights lawyers. President Hu Jintao arrives in Canada Wednesday for an official visit and will stay for the G20 meetings on the weekend. The human rights coalition, which includes Amnesty International Canada, Canada Tibet Committee, and Rights & Democracy, among others, is urging Harper to push for reforms to China's human rights practices. But the coalition also wants China, with its growing clout, to take on a leadership role in improving human rights around the world. Alex Ne

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» China Moves Uyghur Christian Prisoner, Allows Family Visit - 23-June-2010
Article LinkPosted on 23. Jun, 2010 by CDN in China Authorities in Xinjiang Province recently moved Uyghur Christian Alimjan Yimit from a prison in Kashgar to a prison in the provincial capital Urumqi and allowed the first visit from family members since his arrest in January 2008, sources told Compass. Alimjan (Alimujiang Yimiti in Chinese) was noticeably thinner but in good spirits, the family told friends after their brief visit to him in Xinjiang No. 3 prison on April 20, one source told Compass. They were allowed only 15 minutes to speak with Alimjan via telephone through a glass barrier, the source said. But Alimjan’s lawyers, Li Baiguang and Liu Peifu, were prohibited from meeting with him, despite gaining permission from the Xinjiang Bureau of Prison Management, the China Aid Association (CAA) reported on Saturday (April 24). Officials have now granted Alimjan’s wife Gulnur (Chinese spelling Gulinuer) and other close family members permission to visit him once a mo

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» China seeks to attend OIC meetings - 23-June-2010
Saudi GazetteBy Habib ShaikhWednesday, 23 June 2010 Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (2nd R), meets with journalists in Beijing, Tuesday. The head of the world’s largest Muslim grouping, a 57-member pan-Islamic organization based in Jeddah, met with high-level officials and visited China’s Muslim regions of Ningxia and Xinjiang almost one year after bloody fighting in Xinjiang between Uighur Muslims and Han Chinese. – AFP  JEDDAH – The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) and China have agreed to jointly organize a seminar on the historical relationship between China and the Muslim World in order to consolidate friendly relations between China and the OIC and explore future possibilities. During the eight-day official visit of the OIC Secretary General Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu to China, which concluded on Tuesday, both sides agreed that the OIC and China would work together to enhance their traditio

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» Rohingya Could Get Aid - 22-June-2010
Aid workers look into the case of 32 ethnic Rohingya asylum-seekers in Cambodia. AFP Rohingya migrants board a prison bus in Ranong, Thailand before being transported to immigration, Jan. 31, 2009. PHNOM PENH—A group of 32 ethnic minority Rohingya who fled to Cambodia from Burma are in a safe shelter and could soon get food and other aid, according to an official from a humanitarian group here. Legal officer Lian Yong of the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) in Cambodia said Tuesday that her organization would meet with the group to determine how to help. “JRS, as with all asylum-seekers and refugees, will assist [the group] after we have made an assessment of their situation, and we will provide legal and social assistance.” The Rohingya, based in western Burma’s northern Rakhine state, face systematic harassment and discrimination at home, rights groups say. Burma’s military government, which calls the country Myanmar, doesn't recognize them as citizens, and hundreds of thousands have fle

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» Tibetan Activist on Trial - 22-June-2010
A prominent Tibetan goes on trial, 12 years after a court threw out charges against him. RFA Karma Samdrup in a December 2009 photo. HONG KONG—A prominent Tibetan businessman-turned-activist has gone on trial in China's troubled northwestern region of Xinjiang, on theft-related criminal charges that were initially dropped in 1998, his relatives said. Tibetan environmentalist and art collector Karma Samdrup went on trial Tuesday at a court in Yanqi county, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), on charges related to a grave robbery,  regional sources said. Dolkar Tso, Karma Sandrup's wife, said in an interview that her husband's trial lasted from 10 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, with a short lunch break. She said he appeared to have been drugged, deprived of sleep, and tortured. "I was allowed inside the courtroom," she said, adding that she wasn't able to speak to her husband. "When I saw my husband, I couldn’t recognize him. He is so thin ... He was a tall, heavyset man, but now he l

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» China says has broken up terrorist group - 22-June-2010
Reuters BEIJING Tue Jun 22, 2010 4:11am EDT BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese security forces have broken up a terrorist group and will give details later this week, the Ministry of Public Security said on Tuesday. The ministry made the brief announcement in an email to journalists inviting them to a news conference, the subject of which would be "circulating a notice about the Ministry of Public Security solving the case of a large terrorist organization." A ministry spokeswoman declined to give further details, saying they would be revealed at the briefing on Thursday. China blames what it calls terrorist groups operating in the restive far western region of Xinjiang for attacks on police or other government targets. It says these groups espouse violent separatism and that some have links with other Central Asian militants or al Qaeda. While the Olympic Games were held in Beijing in 2008, there were at least three attacks against police and paramilitary troops near Xinjiang's southern fro

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» The Chinese government?s human rights violations against Uyghur people substantially discussed during the 14th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva... - 22-June-2010
For immediate release June 22, 2010 Contact: World Uyghur Congress (www.uyghurcongress.org) +1 (347) 285-6546 (United States) or  0049 (0) 89 5432 1999 (Munich, Germany) The 14th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) (May 31 –June 18, 2010) concluded on Friday, June 18th in Geneva, Switzerland.  The World Uyghur Congress (www.uyghurcongress.org), the International Uyghur Human Rights and Democracy Foundation (www.iuhrdf.org), and the Uyghur American Association (www.uyghuramerican.org) convey their deepest gratitude to the country and intergovernmental delegations, the United Nations mandate holders/Special Procedures, and the non-governmental organizations in consultative status to the UN that raised and discussed the Uyghurs’ plight at the HRC session.  The European Union’s and the United States’ statements during the general debate on Item 4 of the HRC Agenda about human rights violations in East Turkestan WUC, IUHRDF, and UAA sincerely thank the Euro

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» China blames media for OIC chief's Xinjiang remarks - 22-June-2010
Hindustan Times Press Trust Of India Beijing, June 22, 2010 First Published: 16:28 IST(22/6/2010) Last Updated: 16:30 IST(22/6/2010) OIC chief Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu's remarks asking China to address "other concerns" of the restive Xinjiang's Uyghur Muslim population, along with economic growth, drew a sharp reaction from the government which accused the media of distorting his remarks. Secretary General of Organisation of Islamic Conference Ihsanoglu, who had visited the Xinjiang region, which witnessed widespread riots last year, said before his departure today that China should also pay attention to the cultural development of Muslims of the province. The ethnic riots in July last year killed nearly 200 people and were largely believed to be the result of years of unrest among the majority Uyghur population against government's hardline policies and largescale settlement of Han Chinese. "We hope development on the cultural field will go hand in hand with the economic field," he said

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» China blames media for OIC chief's Xinjiang remarks - 22-June-2010
Hindustan TimesPress Trust Of IndiaBeijing, June 22, 2010First Published: 16:28 IST(22/6/2010)Last Updated: 16:30 IST(22/6/2010) OIC chief Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu's remarks asking China to address "other concerns" of the restive Xinjiang's Uyghur Muslim population, along with economic growth, drew a sharp reaction from the government which accused the media of distorting his remarks. Secretary General of Organisation of Islamic Conference Ihsanoglu, who had visited the Xinjiang region, which witnessed widespread riots last year, said before his departure today that China should also pay attention to the cultural development of Muslims of the province. The ethnic riots in July last year killed nearly 200 people and were largely believed to be the result of years of unrest among the majority Uyghur population against government's hardline policies and largescale settlement of Han Chinese. "We hope development on the cultural field will go hand in hand with the economic field," he said repl

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» China says has broken up terrorist group - 22-June-2010
ReutersBEIJINGTue Jun 22, 2010 4:11am EDT BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese security forces have broken up a terrorist group and will give details later this week, the Ministry of Public Security said on Tuesday. The ministry made the brief announcement in an email to journalists inviting them to a news conference, the subject of which would be "circulating a notice about the Ministry of Public Security solving the case of a large terrorist organization." A ministry spokeswoman declined to give further details, saying they would be revealed at the briefing on Thursday. China blames what it calls terrorist groups operating in the restive far western region of Xinjiang for attacks on police or other government targets. It says these groups espouse violent separatism and that some have links with other Central Asian militants or al Qaeda. While the Olympic Games were held in Beijing in 2008, there were at least three attacks against police and paramilitary troops near Xinjiang's southern front

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Uyghur News / World Tibet News

» Dalai Lama asks Japanese priests to produce Buddhist scientists... - 22-June-2010
Dalai Lama asks Japanese priests to produce Buddhist scientists June 22, 2010 By Tsering Tsomo Phayul June 21, 2010 Nagano (Japan), June 20 - At an informal discussion with over 200 Buddhist priests, His Holiness the Dalai Lama said Japan with its highly developed scientific knowledge combined with its ancient Buddhist tradition can produce Buddhist scientists. He said Japanese Buddhist practitioners should engage in dialogues with scientists to explore areas where science and religion can find a common ground i understanding universal values like compassion and kindness. In the last few years, secular dialogues between Tibetan Buddhists and Western scientists have attracted attention to the role of meditation in creating balance between mind and body. Research has shown that a calm mind reduces stress and blood pressure. Quoting another scientific study, he said when one develops anger, things looks very negative and 90% of that negativity is just one?s own mental projection which is

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» Dalai Lama Won't Seek Talks That Would 'Inconvenience' Japan's Government... - 22-June-2010
Dalai Lama Won't Seek Talks That Would `Inconvenience' Japan's Government June 22, 2010 By Stuart Biggs Bloomberg June 18, 2010 The Dalai Lama, Tibet?s exiled spiritual leader, said he has no plan to request official talks that would "inconvenience" Japan?s government and that his lecture tour in the country is ?non-political.? The Dalai Lama, 74, arrived in Japan yesterday to lecture on Buddhism at a temple in central Japan?s Nagano prefecture, and in Yokohama. He spoke to reporters today at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan in Tokyo. Overseas receptions of the Tibetan religious leader have angered China?s government, which regards him as a separatist since he fled to India in 1959. China objected to the Dalai Lama?s meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama in February and canceled a China-European Union summit after French President Nicolas Sarkozy met with him in 2008. "This is a non-political visit, so I have nothing to ask or discuss with the government,&quo

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» Only in China: "Adjudication Committees" Serve Judicial System... - 22-June-2010
Only in China: "Adjudication Committees" Serve Judicial System June 22, 2010        It seems every time a Chinese court hands down a verdict in a sensitive case—particularly criminal cases involving political dissidents—someone suggests the decision was decided in advance and “came from above.” Such statements do not display much faith in the fairness of China’s judicial institutions, and this lack of faith is unfortunately encouraged by the secrecy and lack of transparency surrounding the handling of sensitive cases. But the basic premise—that decisions on how to handle certain cases in China are made outside of the formal judicial process—is beyond dispute. In fact, some even argue it is an advantage of the Chinese system.   Unique Chinese Institution        “Adjudication committees” (shenpan weiyuanhui) are unique to the Chinese judicial system and exist at each of the four

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» A leader. A teacher. An inspiration VisionTV presents: The Dalai Lama - a 75th Birthday Tribute, starting July 6... - 22-June-2010
A leader. A teacher. An inspiration VisionTV presents: The Dalai Lama - a 75th Birthday Tribute, starting July 6 June 22, 2010 Vision TV June 20, 2010 For as long as space endures And for as long as living beings remain Until then may I too abide To dispel the misery of the world - Daily prayer of the Dalai Lama He was born on July 6, 1935, to a humble farming family in northeastern Tibet. He would become one of the world's most revered individuals: at once a serene spiritual figure and a symbol of steadfast opposition to totalitarian rule. Tenzin Gyatso, better known as His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, is the Tibetan spiritual leader and head of state. Driven from Tibet in 1959, following an uprising against the Chinese occupation of the country, he presides over a government-in-exile in neighbouring India, and champions the use of non-violence to break China's grip on his native land. The recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989, the Dalai Lama is one of the very few world religi

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» Tibetans perform at ERAS festival in Oslo - 22-June-2010
Tibetans perform at ERAS festival in Oslo June 22, 2010 Norwegian Tibet Committee June 19, 2010 The ERAS festival took place in Oslo on Saturday 19 June. ERAS is an umbrella organization of more than 30 immigrant organizations in Norway, aiming to create better knowledge of and understanding between different ethnic groups and cultures in Norway. A packed program started in the morning with speeches by dignitaries and representatives of different groups and institutions. Among the highlights were the parade where the different groups paraded and entertained through the streets of central Oslo. The Tibetan Community in Norway, the Chinese Cultural Festival group and the Chinese Professionals in Oslo all took part in the parade. In the afternoon the Tibetan dance group entered the main stage and performed both a Yak dance and traditional Tibetan folk dance. The Yak, with two Tibetans inside the «Yak» costume became one of the highlights and talking points of the day, especia

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» China puts on hold trial of Tibet environmentalist - 22-June-2010
China puts on hold trial of Tibet environmentalist June 22, 2010 By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN The Associated Press June 22, 2010 BEIJING (AP) - An award-winning Tibetan environmentalist's trial on separatism charges has been put on hold, the latest twist in a trio of intertwined cases pitting three brothers against China's communist authorities. The cases come amid increasing reports of repression of Tibetan intellectuals, an echo of the massive security crackdown that followed deadly rioting in the capital Lhasa two years ago. Rinchen Samdrup was due to go on trial Thursday in the Tibetan region of Chamdo on the charge of "incitement to split the country," but the trial was abruptly canceled on Sunday, according to lawyer Pu Zhiqiang. Rinchen Samdrup, 44, was detained in August, along with his younger brother, Chime Namgyal, after they accused local officials in eastern Tibet of poaching endangered species. Chime Namgyal, 38, is reportedly serving a 21-month sentence in a labor ca

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» His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Japan - 22-June-2010
His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Japan June 22, 2010 Tibet House Japan Day 2 June 19, 2010 Tokyo - His Holiness the Dalai Lama met Foreign and Japanese media this morning at Foreign Correspondent Club in Tokyo where he greeted the media by saying "I am happy to be among you once again". His Holiness said that as usual he would like to reiterate his firm conviction in the promotion of "Human Value" in general and "Religious Harmony" among the believers. He said, "many of you have already heard me speak on these principles, but there are many new people also, so I would like to share my feelings with you all." His Holiness said that we are all same humane beings, we all wants happiness and avoid sufferings. "Whatever the position or the identity, whether he is a king or some President, a business man or a beggar, we all have same mental disposition. Happiness that we derive from money and material goods are of temporary nature, we should seek f

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» Tibet Mineral to Raise Up to 1.5 Billion Yuan in Private Placing... - 22-June-2010
Tibet Mineral to Raise Up to 1.5 Billion Yuan in Private Placing June 22, 2010 May 7 (Bloomberg) - Tibet Mineral Development Co. plans to raise as much as 1.5 billion yuan in a private sale of as many as 68.7 million shares. The sale price will be at least 21.89 yuan per share, the Chinese mining company said in a statement to the Shenzhen exchange today. To contact the reporter on this story: Jian Guo Jiang in Shanghai at jjiang@bloomberg.net To contact the editor responsible for this story: Gregory Turk at gturk2@bloomberg.net

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» Zenkoji gifts Dalai Lama a Buddha statue - 22-June-2010
Zenkoji gifts Dalai Lama a Buddha statue June 22, 2010 By Tsering Tsomo Phayul June 21, 2010 Nagano (Japan), June 20 - Over 7,000 people filled the Big Hat Stadium with loud applause and cheers as Zenkoji priests gifted His Holiness the Dalai Lama a statue of Gonpo O-pa-me (Amitabha Buddha) at the conclusion of a public talk titled ?Guide to Positive Clear Light? today afternoon. The Gonpo O-pa-me, called Amida in Japanese, is the principal Buddha enshrined and worshipped at the 7th century Zenkoji Temple at Nagano in central Japan. Zenkoji?s most sacred image, The Amida Triad, housed in the main temple, is also the first Buddha image brought to Japan via Korea. The arrival of the image also marked the early propagation of Buddhism in Japan. This aspect of Zenkoji?s history has a lot of resonance to Jokhang Temple in Tibet?s capital, Lhasa, where the arrival of Buddha Shakyamuni?s image marked the arrival of Buddhism in Tibet, said His Holiness the Dalai Lama in a message issued at th

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» Spy for Tibet finds karma in Tennessee - As told to Henry Hamman... - 22-June-2010
Spy for Tibet finds karma in Tennessee - As told to Henry Hamman June 22, 2010 Jamyang Norbu's life story sounds like the plot for an over-the-top thriller - guerrilla fighter, spy, writer, cultural impresario and international activist for the cause of an independent Tibet. He is the author of ?The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes?, a novel that won the Crossword Book Award (India?s version of the Man Booker Prize) in 2000 as well as numerous non-fiction books, essays and scholarly articles about Tibet. His blogs, Shadow Tibet, and Rangzen Alliance, are read by Tibetans, Chinese and a broad global audience. He lives in Monteagle, Tennessee, a small town on the Cumberland Plateau, with his wife, Tenzing Chounzom, and their two daughters. Financial Times June 21, 2010 Jamyang Norbu - I was born in 1949 in Darjeeling, India. I arrived in Tibet three or four months after I was born, with my nanny, my mother and my father all on horseback. We returned to Darjeeling when I was three years old, a

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» Chinese nitpicking on Tibetan democracy - 22-June-2010
Chinese nitpicking on Tibetan democracy June 22, 2010 By Dhundup Gyalpo Tibet Sun June 19, 2010 DHARAMSHALA, India - If one were to go by the recent barrage of official Chinese rhetoric, the elections held by the Central Tibetan Administration are anything but democratic. Their reason for this: the National Democratic Party of Tibet (NDPT), which they claim is the "only political party of the Dalai clique," has already selected a list of candidates for the coming elections of Kalon Tripa and Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile. In the latest article published by People?s Daily, an organ of the Communist Party of China, it is claimed that His Holiness the Dalai Lama?s recent comments on democratic elections in exile are only "skin deep." The article, titled Dalai Clique?s democratic lies, turned out to be a shoddy translation of the original in Chinese published earlier by China Ethnic News. The assertion by the author of the original article, Du Xinyu, that NDPT is "t

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» Pelosi calls for peaceful future for Tibetan refugees - 22-June-2010
Pelosi calls for peaceful future for Tibetan refugees June 22, 2010 Phayul June 20, 2010 Dharamsala, June 20 - The Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi Sunday called for a "more secure, just and peaceful future for Sudanese, Tibetan and other refugees around the world". Pelosi said in a statement issued on the World Refugee Day, "On Sunday, United Nations World Refugee Day, we again bring attention to the plight of men, women and children all over the world who have been forced to flee their homes for safety. The theme of this year's World Refugee Day is: 'They have taken my home, but they can't take my future.' This is especially fitting given the current statistics on refugees around the world.? The UN figures indicate there are 43 million refugees and internally displaced persons worldwide. Sudan has the largest refugee population - 2.6 million have been internally displaced and 250,00 Darfuri refugees are in Chad. "In India and Nepal, there a

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» Security Tops the Environment in China’s Energy Plan - 22-June-2010
Security Tops the Environment in China’s Energy Plan June 22, 2010 By KEITH BRADSHER Published: June 17, 2010 BEIJING — When President Obama called this week for a “national mission” to expand the use of clean energy and increase American energy independence, Chinese officials might have nodded knowingly. The government here is already far along in drafting energy legislation with similar goals for China, according to Chinese officials and executives. Like the energy future that Mr. Obama briefly described in his Oval Office address on Tuesday, the Chinese proposal calls for more reliance on renewable energy and greater emphasis on energy conservation, two drafters of the legislation said. But because this is China, there are big differences, too. In contrast to the Obama vision, the plan here preserves a central role for coal — the dirtiest fossil fuel in terms of emissions of greenhouse gases, but a resource that China has in abundance. And while Mr. Obama vo

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» Publication of memoir justifying the Tiananmen Square massacre stopped... - 22-June-2010
Publication of memoir justifying the Tiananmen Square massacre stopped June 22, 2010 Tibetan Review June 21, 2010 A memoir of former Chinese premier Li Peng recording events surrounding the Tianamen Square massacre of Jun 3-4, 1989 is not going to be published as scheduled on Jun 22, according to Reuters Jun 19, citing publisher Bao Pu of the New Century Press, Hong Kong. About 20,000 Chinese-language copies of "The Tiananmen Diary of Li Peng" had initially been scheduled to go on sale in Hong Kong on Jun 22. But now, Bao has said he has been stopped for not having the copyright to it. "We have reason to believe that Li Peng himself wrote this book and is willing to have it published, but his publication rights were deprived by a third party - the Communist Party's Politburo," Bao was quoted as saying, referring to the Party's 25-member top decision-making body. "I'm surprised by the level of mobilization," Bao was quoted as saying, referring to Chinese i

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» The Dalai Lama on violence - 22-June-2010
The Dalai Lama on violence June 22, 2010 The Dalai Lama's message for Armed Forces Day may surprise those who assume him to be a pacifist Guardian (UK) June 21, 2010 The Dalai Lama has sent a message of support for Armed Forces Day, which is next Saturday. In it, he writes of his admiration for the military. That is perhaps not so surprising. As he explains, there are many parallels between being a monk and being a soldier - the need for discipline, companionship, and inner strength. But his support will take some of his western admirers by surprise, not least when it comes to his thoughts on non-violence. Attitudes towards violence in Buddhism are enormously complex. There are some traditions that argue aggression, and killing in particular, is always wrong. But there are others which argue that killing can be good, when executed by a spiritually skilled practitioner who can do so with the right motivation. Tibetan Buddhism falls squarely into the latter tradition, and previous incar

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» China's Take on New Zealand Scuffle - 22-June-2010
China’s Take on New Zealand Scuffle June 22, 2010 China’s government has finally offered its side of the story of Friday’s scuffle between New Zealand legislator Russel Norman and members of visiting Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping’s delegation. Reuters Russel Norman, holding a Tibetan flag, gets it torn from his hands when he arrived at parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, on Friday. Shockingly, Beijing doesn’t see things quite the same way as the Green Party co-leader. Norman said he was “assaulted” while protesting China’s Tibet policies as Xi’s group entered a New Zealand parliamentary building. On Saturday, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman described the incident this way, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency: “When [Xi's] delegation arrived at the entrance of the parliament building in Wellington Friday noon, it was hostilely harassed by a New Zealand demonstrator within close distance. The demonstrator’

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» Security review after Norman protest - 22-June-2010
Security review after Norman protest June 22, 2010 National Business Review (New Zealand) NZPA June 22, 2010 Parliament's security is likely to be tightened after the scuffle on Friday when Chinese vice-president Xi Jinping arrived. Green Party co-leader Russel Norman was pushed by Chinese officials who tried to put an umbrella over him to hide a Tibetan flag he was waving. It was pulled from his hands, although he managed to retrieve it and accuse the Chinese of trying to suppress freedom of speech in New Zealand. Prime Minister John Key apologised to the delegation for the incident, and last night told NZPA the issue had nothing to do with freedom of speech. He said he apologised for the failure to provide proper security for the vice-president. "It's my intention, when I return to New Zealand, to take the matter up with Diplomatic Protection, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and with the Speaker's office because I think it's unacceptable that a dignitary of that level

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» How China manipulates media - 22-June-2010
How China manipulates media June 22, 2010 Claude Arpi claudearpi@gmail.com The New Indian Express June 21, 2010 The bosses of the People?s Republic of China have recently decided to invest in propaganda (sorry, publicity) to highlight the ?Chinese Model? of governance. And Beijing, unlike the European countries, is not broke; they are ready to pour a few billion dollars into the venture. The Central Publicity Department (earlier known as the Propaganda Department) of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is an internal organ of the CCP "in charge of ideology-related work, as well as its propaganda system." The ex-Propaganda Department also enforces media censorship in China and gives instructions to the media on what can be said about tricky issues such as Taiwan or Tibet. When it is deemed necessary to protect ?State Security,? it can even modify news. To give an example of the monitoring of ?national? news, on May 15, Xia Lin, Chief Editor of Xinhua News Agency presented a rep

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» Yuan Float Welcomed - 21-June-2010
China removes a two-year currency peg to the U.S. dollar. AFP A Chinese bank worker counts stacks of U.S. and Chinese currency in Hefei, Anhui province, March 9, 2010. HONG KONG—China’s decision to allow more flexibility for the yuan has met with praise from economists, even as Beijing seeks to downplay the U.S. and European pressure that preceded the move. The People’s Bank of China made the announcement Saturday, ending a two-year currency peg to the U.S. dollar adopted during the global financial crisis. Peking University economist Xia Yeliang welcomed the Chinese central bank’s move. “China should have taken earlier initiatives to allow the yuan to rise. Nevertheless the current move was carried out under international pressure, especially that from the U.S. Congress. But no matter how late it might be, the action itself is positive,” Xia said. But he was cautious on the future of the exchange rate. “I don’t think China will let the yuan value rise drastically this year. My anticip

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» Rohingya Seek Cambodian Asylum - 21-June-2010
Members of a Muslim ethnic minority from Burma appeal to Phnom Penh. Photo courtesy of Thai Navy. Rohingya asylum-seekers aboard a Thai Navy vessel, December 2008. PHNOM PENH—Cambodia is weighing asylum bids from a group of 32 ethnic minority Muslims who fled from Burma, according to a United Nations refugee official. U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) country director advisor Christina Planas said Monday the Rohingya had been questioned by the Cambodian government in an interview arranged by her agency. She added that the UNHCR would provide assistance as needed while the government makes its decision. “[The Rohingya] have been interviewed by the government of Cambodia with the assistance of the UNHCR. The government is taking responsibility,” Planas said. But Ministry of the Interior spokesman Khieu Sopheak said Monday that he was unaware that the Rohingya, whom Burma's military government doesn't recognize as Burmese nationals, had requested Cambodian asylum, adding that th

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» Chinese Activist Freed - 21-June-2010
Sichuan-based Chen Yunfei refused food in detention and sparked an online outcry. RFA Chen Yunfei arrives home with an apparent injury to his face. HONG KONG—A Sichuan-based rights activist and online writer has been released from detention following his seizure by police and an online campaign by netizens to have him released. Chengdu-based Chen Yunfei was taken from his home in the early hours of Thursday by local police and held at an unknown location for 64 hours, during which he went on hunger strike. "They brought me back ... just before midnight [Saturday]," Chen said. "I was pretty dazed and confused because I had been on hunger strike ... for 54 hours." Chen, who said he was still feeling weak after his ordeal, said he had been offered no explanation for his detention. "I don't really know what the reason was behind it. I found out only when I was released that [top security chief] Zhou Yongkang had come on a visit to Sichuan." Netizens organized a campaign to have Chen releas

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» Mao Portrait Protesters Reunited - 21-June-2010
'We have paid a rather high price,' says one of the trio, all of whom spent long years in jail. RFA Yu Zhijian (center), Yu Dongyue (right), and Wang Dan (left) at the reception in honor of the Mao portrait protesters, June 19, 2010. HONG KONG—Two protesters who helped splatter Mao Zedong’s portrait with red paint during the Tiananmen pro-democracy movement 21 years ago have been reunited after each serving lengthy prison sentences and being awarded political asylum in the United States. Former journalist and art critic Yu Dongyue, who still suffers neurological impairment following repeated beatings in prison, spoke a few, halting sentences at a reception held June 19 in his, and fellow protester Yu Zhijian's, honor. "When I came here I felt as if I had found my brothers and sisters everywhere," he said. "I am very moved." Yu Dongyue was the last of three protesters jailed by Chinese authorities for defacing Mao's portrait to be freed. He was released in February 2006 after serving 17

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» China Shrinks from Security Role - 21-June-2010
China has deferred to Russia on the crisis in Kyrgyzstan. AFP Kyrgyz soldiers inspect the Uzbek district of Osh, June 20, 2010. By Michael Lelyveld BOSTON—China has kept its distance from ethnic violence in neighboring Kyrgyzstan as the country seeks security assistance from Russia instead, analysts say. Despite its growing economic power in Central Asia, China has played a surprisingly small part in offering aid and relief to strife-torn Kyrgyzstan, where deadly riots erupted June 10. There has also been little involvement of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the nine-year-old regional security group in which China plays a leadership role. Instead, the embattled provisional government in Bishkek turned to Russia and the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) of former Soviet nations in seeking peacekeeping forces to restore order in southern Kyrgyzstan. So far, Russia has committed only troops to guard its own airbase in the northern part of the country, while CSTO

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» 'Mental Torture' Alleged - 21-June-2010
Detainees in China face more mental than physical abuse, a U.N. rapporteur says. AFP Manfred Nowak gives a press conference in Johannesburg, Oct. 29, 2009. WASHINGTON—China’s prison system commonly subjects detainees to mental torment rather than physical abuse, according to a United Nations special rapporteur, although reforms are under way. Manfred Nowak, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, told an Open Society Institute gathering here that authorities in China set out to “break the will” of convicts and detainees to make them believe that they have committed a crime. “It’s much more mental torture—what they call 'reeducation.' That is on the one hand reeducation-through-labor camps. If you go in there it is just unbelievable what kind of brainwashing those people have to go through,” he said. Most inmates at reeducation-through-labor camps, Nowak said, are members of the outlawed Falun Gong religious movement, sex wo

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» Tibetans Held After Protest - 21-June-2010
A public security officer’s blog confirms reports by residents. RFA NamlingMap.jpg KATHMANDU—Chinese authorities detained some 30 Tibetans in a remote area of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) after they attacked security vehicles brought in to quell protests over a mine, according to local sources.The standoff occurred around May 21 in the U Yuk Sog Chen subdistrict of Namling [in Chinese, Nanmulin Xian] in Shigatse [Rikaze] prefecture, the sources said. An unnamed company had begun mining there in April, the sources said.Mining operations have been under way in the area for several years, but this new mine sits on land traditionally used for grazing cattle—and residents say it has affected water supplies.“The local Tibetans became desperate and appealed to the local leaders to stop the mining activities. They explained how the mining activities in the area affect the local environment, the supply of drinking water, and the grazing ground for their cattle,” one source said.“The Tibeta

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Uyghur News / Uyghur American Association

» Domain Holders Shun China's .Cn - 21-June-2010
By Mike Clendenin InformationWeek June 21, 2010 01:57 PM As the Internet closes in on 200 million domain names, China's .cn is being left in the dust. Regulations put forward by the government overseer of the registry have turned people off of .cn, causing it to fall from second to fourth on the list of total domain name registrations, according to VeriSign's June 2010 domain report. It now trails Germany's .de as the second most popular country code top-level domain, or ccTLD. VeriSign's report looked at the domain registry for the first quarter of 2010. It said ccTLD domain name registrations dropped by 2.9% quarter on quarter, largely because of .cn's decline. Total top level domain names (TLDs), which also include generic or gTLDs such as .com and .net, increased by around 0.6% from the fourth quarter of 2009. There are two main reasons for the poor showing by .cn. One is companies that sell the names had been offering cheap prices for registration, sometimes as low as 15 cents. A

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» 'Mental Torture' Alleged - 21-June-2010
RFA 2010-06-21 WASHINGTON—China’s prison system commonly subjects detainees to mental torment rather than physical abuse, according to a United Nations special rapporteur, although reforms are under way. Manfred Nowak, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, told an Open Society Institute gathering here that authorities in China set out to “break the will” of convicts and detainees to make them believe that they have committed a crime. “It’s much more mental torture—what they call 'reeducation.' That is on the one hand reeducation-through-labor camps. If you go in there it is just unbelievable what kind of brainwashing those people have to go through,” he said. Most inmates at reeducation-through-labor camps, Nowak said, are members of the outlawed Falun Gong religious movement, sex workers, and others who have exhibited “unsocial behavior” that can be held for up

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» As China Aids Labor, Unrest Is Still Rising - 21-June-2010
The New York Times June 20, 2010 By EDWARD WONG BEIJING — On a hot morning in late May, while some 2,000 workers at a Honda parts factory were striking in China’s south, 100 irate employees at a hotel in the heart of the capital staged their own protest. The Honda workers got lots of publicity. The hotel employees were mostly ignored. But the undercurrent was the same: labor disputes are becoming a common feature of the Chinese economic landscape. Chinese workers are much more willing these days to defend their rights and demand higher wages, encouraged by recent policies from the central government aimed at protecting laborers and closing the income gap. Chinese leaders dread even the hint of Solidarity-style labor activism. But they have moved to empower workers by pushing through labor laws that signaled that central authorities would no longer tolerate poor workplace conditions, legal scholars and Chinese labor experts say. The laws, enacted in 2008, were intended to c

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» China Faces Growing Labor Unrest Amid Wave of Strikes - 21-June-2010
Huffington Post Sheldon Filger Writer, founder of GlobalEconomicCrisis.com Posted: June 20, 2010 03:45 PM   It is the epitome of all ironies. A supposedly workers Marxist/Communist political entity, the People's Republic of China, is in reality capitalism's ultimate creation: an authoritarian workshop for multinational corporations that keeps wages at the lowest possible levels, while making strikes and plant shutdowns by workers strictly illegal. This enforced low-wage corporate model is the basis behind China's export boom and economic ascendancy. However, despite government pressure, cracks are beginning to appear in the façade. Strikes are breaking out throughout China. The factory of the world is in revolt, with workers' unrest growing like wildfire. Most recently, plants that produce parts for the Japanese automakers Honda and Toyota have been hit by labor shutdowns. In virtually every case that has become publicly exposed, the employers have been forced to provide large

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» US defies China on Pakistan reactors - 21-June-2010
Jeremy Page, Islamabad From: The Australian June 22, 2010 12:00AM CHINA and the US are on a collision course over Chinese plans to build two nuclear reactors in Pakistan. This is despite the country's chronic political instability and history of selling nuclear secrets to North Korea, Iran and Libya. China is expected to formally announce the plans to build the 650-megawatt reactors in Punjab province at a meeting in New Zealand of the Nuclear Suppliers Group - the 46 countries that dominate and try to control the world's atomic trade. The US has already voiced its disapproval before the meeting, which starts today, and will try to forge a consensus on updating the rules designed to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. US officials say that the plan requires special exemption from the NSG, which China joined in 2004, as Pakistan has not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and could, therefore, divert some technology to its nuclear weapons program or to another country. China

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» Chinese Order Stops Printing of Memoirs by Ex-Premier - 21-June-2010
The New York Times June 20, 2010 By ANDREW JACOBS BEIJING — A Hong Kong publisher said Sunday that he was forced to halt the publication of memoirs ostensibly written by Li Peng, the former Chinese prime minister who was instrumental in bringing a violent end to student-led protests in Tiananmen Square 21 years ago. Bao Pu, the publisher, said the Chinese government warned him earlier this month that publication would violate copyright laws. He halted printing on Friday, as copies rolled off the presses. “It’s been an emotional roller coaster, but it turned out that I had little choice but to cancel publication,” he said in an interview. The memoirs, which are banned on the mainland but were to arrive Tuesday in Hong Kong bookstores, appear to be excerpts of diaries that Mr. Li reportedly kept during nine weeks that ended in a bloody crackdown by the People’s Liberation Army in 1989, in which hundreds of unarmed civilians were killed. Mr. Bao said he coul

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Uyghur News / Uyghur Human Rights Project

» As China Aids Labor, Unrest Is Still Rising - 21-June-2010
The New York TimesJune 20, 2010By EDWARD WONG BEIJING — On a hot morning in late May, while some 2,000 workers at a Honda parts factory were striking in China’s south, 100 irate employees at a hotel in the heart of the capital staged their own protest. The Honda workers got lots of publicity. The hotel employees were mostly ignored. But the undercurrent was the same: labor disputes are becoming a common feature of the Chinese economic landscape. Chinese workers are much more willing these days to defend their rights and demand higher wages, encouraged by recent policies from the central government aimed at protecting laborers and closing the income gap. Chinese leaders dread even the hint of Solidarity-style labor activism. But they have moved to empower workers by pushing through labor laws that signaled that central authorities would no longer tolerate poor workplace conditions, legal scholars and Chinese labor experts say. The laws, enacted in 2008, were intended to cha

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» 'Mental Torture' Alleged - 21-June-2010
RFA2010-06-21WASHINGTON—China’s prison system commonly subjects detainees to mental torment rather than physical abuse, according to a United Nations special rapporteur, although reforms are under way. Manfred Nowak, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, told an Open Society Institute gathering here that authorities in China set out to “break the will” of convicts and detainees to make them believe that they have committed a crime. “It’s much more mental torture—what they call 'reeducation.' That is on the one hand reeducation-through-labor camps. If you go in there it is just unbelievable what kind of brainwashing those people have to go through,” he said. Most inmates at reeducation-through-labor camps, Nowak said, are members of the outlawed Falun Gong religious movement, sex workers, and others who have exhibited “unsocial behavior” that can be held for up t

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» Chinese Order Stops Printing of Memoirs by Ex-Premier - 21-June-2010
The New York TimesJune 20, 2010By ANDREW JACOBS BEIJING — A Hong Kong publisher said Sunday that he was forced to halt the publication of memoirs ostensibly written by Li Peng, the former Chinese prime minister who was instrumental in bringing a violent end to student-led protests in Tiananmen Square 21 years ago. Bao Pu, the publisher, said the Chinese government warned him earlier this month that publication would violate copyright laws. He halted printing on Friday, as copies rolled off the presses. “It’s been an emotional roller coaster, but it turned out that I had little choice but to cancel publication,” he said in an interview. The memoirs, which are banned on the mainland but were to arrive Tuesday in Hong Kong bookstores, appear to be excerpts of diaries that Mr. Li reportedly kept during nine weeks that ended in a bloody crackdown by the People’s Liberation Army in 1989, in which hundreds of unarmed civilians were killed. Mr. Bao said he could

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» Domain Holders Shun China's .Cn - 21-June-2010
By Mike ClendeninInformationWeekJune 21, 2010 01:57 PM As the Internet closes in on 200 million domain names, China's .cn is being left in the dust. Regulations put forward by the government overseer of the registry have turned people off of .cn, causing it to fall from second to fourth on the list of total domain name registrations, according to VeriSign's June 2010 domain report. It now trails Germany's .de as the second most popular country code top-level domain, or ccTLD. VeriSign's report looked at the domain registry for the first quarter of 2010. It said ccTLD domain name registrations dropped by 2.9% quarter on quarter, largely because of .cn's decline. Total top level domain names (TLDs), which also include generic or gTLDs such as .com and .net, increased by around 0.6% from the fourth quarter of 2009. There are two main reasons for the poor showing by .cn. One is companies that sell the names had been offering cheap prices for registration, sometimes as low as 15 cents. Aft

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» US defies China on Pakistan reactors - 21-June-2010
Jeremy Page, IslamabadFrom: The AustralianJune 22, 2010 12:00AM CHINA and the US are on a collision course over Chinese plans to build two nuclear reactors in Pakistan. This is despite the country's chronic political instability and history of selling nuclear secrets to North Korea, Iran and Libya. China is expected to formally announce the plans to build the 650-megawatt reactors in Punjab province at a meeting in New Zealand of the Nuclear Suppliers Group - the 46 countries that dominate and try to control the world's atomic trade. The US has already voiced its disapproval before the meeting, which starts today, and will try to forge a consensus on updating the rules designed to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. US officials say that the plan requires special exemption from the NSG, which China joined in 2004, as Pakistan has not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and could, therefore, divert some technology to its nuclear weapons program or to another country. China a

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» China Faces Growing Labor Unrest Amid Wave of Strikes - 21-June-2010
Huffington PostSheldon FilgerWriter, founder of GlobalEconomicCrisis.comPosted: June 20, 2010 03:45 PM It is the epitome of all ironies. A supposedly workers Marxist/Communist political entity, the People's Republic of China, is in reality capitalism's ultimate creation: an authoritarian workshop for multinational corporations that keeps wages at the lowest possible levels, while making strikes and plant shutdowns by workers strictly illegal. This enforced low-wage corporate model is the basis behind China's export boom and economic ascendancy. However, despite government pressure, cracks are beginning to appear in the façade. Strikes are breaking out throughout China. The factory of the world is in revolt, with workers' unrest growing like wildfire. Most recently, plants that produce parts for the Japanese automakers Honda and Toyota have been hit by labor shutdowns. In virtually every case that has become publicly exposed, the employers have been forced to provide large pay r

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Uyghur News / World Tibet News

» Tibet documentary draws Chinese rebuke - 21-June-2010
Tibet documentary draws Chinese rebuke June 21, 2010 Sandip Roy, Special to The Chronicle After making films about Tibet for two decades, filmmaking couple Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam are used to upsetting the Chinese government. But even they were surprised this year. The Chinese consul drove from Los Angeles to Palm Springs to protest the inclusion of their latest documentary at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. When the festival refused to pull the film, the two mainland Chinese entries to the festival were withdrawn. It made Sarin and Sonam's "The Sun Behind the Clouds" the must-see film of the festival. But Sarin says it was a double-edged sword. "Chinese films are wonderful," she says, from Dharamsala, India. "And China is using its soft power. It managed to send a message to other festivals if they were considering films about Tibet." In hindsight, it wasn't that unexpected. China was still smarting from the pro-Tibet protests that mar

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