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» Event: Eras festival 2010 - 17-June-2010
Event: Eras festival 2010 June 17, 2010 Norwegian Tibet Committee June 16, 2010 Tibetan community in Norway will be taking parts in multicultural festival "Eras festival 2010" on 19 June 2010. http://www.erasoslo.no/ Festival is organized by about 30 emigrants organization in Norway in cooperation with Oslo Municipal. Among the organizations taking parts in the festival  is Chinese Professional in Norway http://www.cpn2003.org/  and Chinese cultural festival: http://www.kinesiskkulturfestival.no/ Tibetan community will perform Tibetan folkdance and Yak dance beside a stand showing Tibetan cultural. For further information please contact Chairwomen of Tibetan community in Norway, Mrs Lobsang Pelmo Mobil +47 99895413 Regards Chungdak Koren Den norske Tibet Komité Norwegian Tibet Committee Menneskerettighethuset Kirkegata 5 0153 Oslo Tel: 22479222 Fax: 22479201 Email: info@tibet.no    www.tibet.no

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» New Zealand PM urged to raise Tibet on Chinese VP visit - 17-June-2010
New Zealand PM urged to raise Tibet on Chinese VP visit June 17, 2010 By Phurbu Thinley Phayul June 16, 2010 Dharamsala, June 15 - New Zealand Tibet campaigners have called on Prime Minister John Key to raise Tibet issue when the Chinese vice president pays a three-day state visit this week. Chinese Vice President Mr Xi Jinping, the man widely tipped to succeed the president Hu Jintao in 2012, is visiting New Zealand from June 17 to 19, when he will meet Mr Key. New Zealand's Friends of Tibet, in a statement released today, urged the Mr key to "raise concerns about the situation in Tibet" during their meeting. "Specifically we call on him to ask Vice President Xi to help to urge Hu Jintao to meet the Dalai Lama in order to progress a genuine solution to the occupation of Tibet," the statement said. Xi Jinping is a senior member of the 5th generation of Chinese leaders. He is a "princeling", the son of Xi Zhongxun, a former Vice Premier who supported Hu Ya

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» Who is Xi Jinping? - 17-June-2010
Who is Xi Jinping? June 17, 2010 By Simon Bradshaw ON LINE Opinion (Australia) June 16, 2010 Type "Obama" and "Australia" into Google and we find literally hundreds of articles discussing the US President?s twice-postponed visit to our shores. By contrast, barring Rowan Callick?s short piece in The Australian on Monday, we are hard pushed to find anything previewing the arrival this weekend of Xi Jinping, a man set to become the most powerful individual in our region, perhaps even the world. Granted, unless you are one of 700,000-odd Chinese Australians, Xi Jinping is not a household name in Australia. But nor is he a relatively obscure rising Chinese official or a mere hot tip for future political stardom. In 2012 he will almost certainly succeed Hu Jintao as president of our biggest trading partner and the next global superpower. When he arrives in Melbourne on Saturday (June 19), authorities will be rolling out one of the largest security operations the city has

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» Should India's history remain secret? - 17-June-2010
Should India's history remain secret? June 17, 2010 The Secret Archives of the Vatican will open soon. Posted by Claude Arpi Claude Arpi Blog June 9, 2010 Nick Squires wrote in The Telegraph: "After centuries of being kept under lock and key, the Vatican has started opening its Secret Archives to outsiders in a bid to dispel the myths and mystique created by works of fiction such as Dan Brown's Angels and Demons" The archives [were], until now jealously guarded from prying eyes." This is not the case in India which is one of the few nations which refuses to declassify archival material (with North Korea probably) and this despite the fact that in 2005, the Right to Information Act was passed with fanfare by the Indian Parliament. Unfortunately the new law seems to help those who do not want India?s history to be known. Article 8 (1) (a) says: "There shall be no obligation to give any citizen,? (a) information, disclosure of which would prejudicially affect the sove

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» Wary of China, Russia says no to Dalai visit - 17-June-2010
Wary of China, Russia says no to Dalai visit June 17, 2010 Sachin Parashar, TNN The Times of India June 16, 2010 NEW DELHI - In yet another manifestation of China?s might, Russian diplomats have met their Chinese counterparts in Delhi to assure Beijing that Moscow won?t allowthe Dalai Lama to visit Russia "under the present circumstances". Stating that the spiritual leader?s activities had acquired a political tinge, Russian officials said their advice to the Dalai Lama was to improve relations with China and refrain from political activities. The Russians were pushed into damage-control mode after Beijing was said to have been offended by an alleged remark by Russian ambassador to India Alexander Kadakin that Russia may issue a visa to Dalai Lama. The Chinese, however, had not registered any official protest. The Russian embassy denied that any such remark had been made by the ambassador. The Russians have attributed the confusion to a "mistake" in the transcript

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» China again rejects Dalai Lama's autonomy call - 17-June-2010
China again rejects Dalai Lama's autonomy call June 17, 2010 Tibetan Review June 15, 2010 China has again rejected the Dalai Lama call for genuine autonomy for undivided Tibet and questioned his right to speak for the "welfare of 6 million Tibetans". "Six million Tibetans" imply a concept of a "Greater Tibet" while the 14th Dalai Lama had never managed any Tibetan region outside "Tibet," said China?s latest tirade against the Dalai Lama carried by People?s Daily online, China?s party mouthpiece, Jun 13. The attack came just after the exile Tibetan government?s task force on dialogue with China met in Dharamsala on Jun 8-9. It rejected, offhandedly, the "Note relating to the Memorandum on Genuine Autonomy for All Tibetans" submitted by the "Dalai Clique" to the Chinese government in early 2010. The commentary rejected the Dalai Lama?s contention that benefits from the development of Tibet are being taken away by the Han nation

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» No visa for Dalai Lama, says Russian Envoy - 17-June-2010
No visa for Dalai Lama, says Russian Envoy June 17, 2010 By Tenzin Tsering Phayul June 16, 2010 Dharamsala, June 16 - Taking a U-turn from his reported affirmation of Dalai Lama?s visit to Russia, Russian ambassador to India, Alexandr Kadakin has assured China that the Tibetan leader will not be granted visa. Kadakin was earlier reported as saying that the Dalai Lama will visit Russia as a religious leader and that Russia has many citizens who follow Buddhism. ?There are Buddhists in Altai region, in the Altai Mountains. We have great followers of Buddhists in Russia and they also want to see their spiritual leader," Kadakin was quoted by ANI. However in an interesting turn of events that started with Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov offering Russia?s help in assisting towards successful dialogue process between Chinese and the Tibetan sides last month, and then to the alleged acknowledgment of Dalai Lama?s visit to Russia by Kadakin on June 4, the Russian ambassador recent

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» Panchen Lama makes his 'political debut' in Tibet: Report... - 17-June-2010
Panchen Lama makes his 'political debut' in Tibet: Report June 17, 2010 Press Trust of India Jun 16, 2010 Beijing - Twenty-year-old Panc-hen Lama, being projected by China as the Dalai Lama?s successor, has made his "political debut" by making a maiden address at a prominent monastery in Tibet, the state media said on Tuesday. The 11th Panchen Lama, Bainqen Erdini Qoigyijabu, addressed for the first time a congregation at Tashilhunpo Monastery in Tibet, the designated home of successive Panchen Lamas since 14th century. Qoigyijabu was appointed by China as the 11th Panchen Lama repudiating the designation of six-year-old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima for the same post by Dalai Lama in 1995, took his seat at the Tashilhunpo Monastery in Shigatse on Monday. He took his seat nearly 15 years after his appointment and addressed a gathering of monks. Chinese state television CCTV projected it as a "political debut" by the young monk to take over mantle of high seat of Tibetan Bud

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» CTC urges G20 leaders to talk Tibet with Hu - 17-June-2010
CTC urges G20 leaders to talk Tibet with Hu June 17, 2010 By Tenzin Tsering Phayul June 16, 2010 Dharamsala, June 16 - The Canada Tibet Committee urged Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the heads of other G20 countries to raise issues related to Tibet with Chinese President Hu Jintao at the G20 Summit this month "through their inclusion in the official agenda and side discussions? The CTC posted on its website a letter it sent to Harper and the heads of G20 nations in the wake of G20 summit to be held in Canada from June 26 to 27. Pointing out Middle Way Approach, Human Rights in Tibet, Exploitation of Tibet?s Natural Resources and Environment as the underlying concern for discussion in G20 summit on the Tibetan issue, the "Letter to Prime Minister Harper and G20 leaders" was sent on June 4, the 21st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. The CTC said the G20 summit is an "opportunity to rally the support for Middle Way Approach proposed by the Dalai Lama in

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» Poverty figures show Tibetans in absolute minority on own land... - 17-June-2010
Poverty figures show Tibetans in absolute minority on own land June 17, 2010 Tibetan Review June 15, 2010 China?s poverty alleviation figures show that Tibetans are a greatly outnumbered minority on their own land made up of Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) and the Tibetan inhabited areas of Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu and Yunnan. In 2001, when the official Tibetan population in all these areas was less than five million, the total number of those in absolute poverty was 26 million, according to Fan Xiaojian, director of the State Council Leading Group Office for Poverty Alleviation and Development. China said Jun 12 that it will eliminate absolute poverty in all the Tibetan inhabited areas under its rule by 2020, reported People's Daily Online, the country?s party mouthpiece, Jun 13, citing Fan. By that year, the per capita income growth rate of farmers and herdsmen in the TAR will be higher than the PRC national average and that of farmers and herdsmen in the Tibetan-inhabited areas in Sic

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» Dam Debate on Lao Mekong - 16-June-2010
A number of dams on tributaries of the Mekong River in Laos have had a controversial impact on the local population. Related links: Traveling down the Mekong River Copyright © 1998-2010 Radio Free Asia. All rights reserved. © Radio Free Asia

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» Police Visit Church Leader - 16-June-2010
Chinese authorities check up on a Christian leader who commemorated the 1989 crackdown. AFP Chinese Christians are required to attend officially sanctioned churches like this one in Beijing, shown in a photo taken Dec. 24, 2009. HONG KONG—Authorities in Beijing have visited a prominent leader of an unofficial Christian church who recently commemorated the 21st anniversary of the June 4 military crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrations in the capital. Chen Tianshi, a Beijing family church organizer and former student leader during the 1989 pro-democracy movement, said his home in the suburban county of Shunyi was recently visited by unidentified police officers. “My wife said two police officers had come to my home today at suburban Beijing’s Houshayu village in Shunyi county, checking our temporary residence cards,” said Chen, who has no permanent right to reside in the capital under China’s national household registration system. “They are not the officers from our own residential ar

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» China makes strategic forays into Bangladesh - 16-June-2010
China makes strategic forays into Bangladesh June 16, 2010 IANS June 15, 2010 In another sign of its growing strategic inroads into South Asia, China has proposed to help Bangladesh build a deep-sea port in Chittagong and agreed to exchange data about the Brahmaputra river that flows from Tibet to Bangladesh through India. China has also promised assistance in installing Bangladesh's first space satellite. All these issues came up Monday during talks between visiting Chinese Vice President Xi Jinpeng and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina which covered cooperation on political, economic and cultural fronts, The Daily Star newspaper reported. Bangladesh officials said Xi's was a 'return visit' to the one paid by Hasina in March this year and would see updating on the pacts signed then. Hasina had travelled to China, seeking closer cooperation in a number of areas, including building a road link from Chittagong to Kunming in eastern China. According to strategic analysts, the port development

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» Voices for Tibet at the UN - 16-June-2010
Voices for Tibet at the UN June 16, 2010 Posted by Leslie Butterfield ICT Blog June 11, 2010 Over the past week and a half I had the opportunity to speak out for Tibet at the 14th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland. The experience showed me the value and importance of countering the official Chinese rhetoric. In March 2009, the Chinese government?s presentation to the UNHRC sang their own praises and accolades during their Universal Periodic Review. In fact, throughout their tenure on the HRC, the Chinese delegation has gone to great lengths for self promotion, expounding upon their self-proclaimed successes in development and their "harmonious society." The lack of vocal protest by many other member states paints a cheery picture of the People?s Republic of China. Thankfully however, not everyone will accept this high-level propaganda. Take for example Mr. Frank La Rue, the Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression, who has continued

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» Opinion: China and India: growing together, or set to collide?... - 16-June-2010
Opinion: China and India: growing together, or set to collide? June 16, 2010 This is the third in a four-part series examining how the world will manage a shift in power and influence from west to east. By Ramesh Thakur, The Ottawa Citizen Special June 15, 2010 For Pakistan's ruling elite, the arch-rival is India. But India's arch-rival is China. The simple distinction is critical for engagement with India. Prime Minister Stephen Harper visited China in December in part because, wanting to exploit the economic opportunities of both rising Asian giants and not offend either, he couldn't not go to China after spending three days in India in November. But he did not visit Pakistan. This is a welcome development from India's point of view. Analysts too need to switch their analytical frame from India-Pakistan-U.S. to the new and more consequential India-China-U.S. strategic triangle. Part of the reason for outsiders confusing the two observations is that, while Pakistan makes no secret of

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» Dalai Lama to visit US, Canada in October - 16-June-2010
Dalai Lama to visit US, Canada in October June 16, 2010 Phayul June 15, 2010 Dharamsala, June 15 - In 2007, His Holiness the Dalai Lama was awarded the degree of ?Presidential Distinguished Professor? by Emory University. The Tibetan leader who spent three days at the university then said, "The professor will return". The Tibetan leader will begin a three-day visit to the university on October 17 this year. "I look forward to offering my services to the Emory students and community. I firmly believe that education is an indispensable tool for the flourishing of human well-being and the creation of a just and peaceful society, and I am delighted to make a small contribution in this regard through this appointment," His Holiness had said in 2007. His Holiness will give a short teaching on The Nature and Practice of Compassion at the University on October 17. The Tibetan leader who considers promoting religious harmony as one of his top priorities will take part in an

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» Opinion: My take on the Dalai Lama of Tibet's World View - 16-June-2010
Opinion: My take on the Dalai Lama of Tibet's World View June 16, 2010 By Bhuchung K. Tsering ICT Blog May 28, 2010 The visit of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to five states in the United States, which concluded on May 24, 2010, saw him undertaking activities that are at the heart of his two fundamental commitments of promoting human values and religious harmony.  Through this, His Holiness presented his world view, which is quite simple at one level, but having the quality of thinking outside the box, if you will, at another level. This was best summed up by the Dalai Lama himself in his op-ed in the New York Times on May 25, 2010, "Many Faiths, One Truth," which is essentially the message of his just released book "Toward a True Kinship of Faiths: How the World's Religions Can Come Together." Oftentimes, as part of my work here at the International Campaign for Tibet, I have come across people from, and working on, conflict areas similar to Tibet who want to k

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» Torture in Tibet - 16-June-2010
Torture in Tibet June 16, 2010 Huffington Post June 14, 2010 For the past two years, I've been actively blogging and documenting my experiences from the Tibetan community in Dharamsala, India. In this small mountain town, it could be easy to get lost staring at the mountains - it's serene, but that's not why I came here. During my first trip here, I picked up a book in the Temple bookstore, Fire Under the Snow. I read it in one sitting, and with wet eyes, a stuffed nose, and a nauseous feeling, I evaluated my life. It took minimal time to realize that I needed to change something. Modern media moves so quickly, and skims over current events so quickly - it's no wonder that Tibet has to fight to stay in the press. After all, China's illegal occupation of Tibet started over 50 years ago. Mao's 'cultural revolution' was only the beginning of the genocide. The best I have been able to do is take advantage of information, and try to redistribute it as best I can. I make it a point to addre

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» Janata Dal (United) Supports Tibet Issue says the Party Secretary... - 16-June-2010
Janata Dal (United) Supports Tibet Issue says the Party Secretary June 16, 2010 Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) June 14, 2010 Dharamshala - Mr. Javed Raza National General Secretary of the Janata Dal (United) Party in a press conference in Dharamsala on Friday said the party supports the Tibet issue. He was in the town for a two-day visit hosted by the Tibetan Parliament-in-exile. Mr. Raza said, "...Since the occupation of Tibet and the coming in exile of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the Socialist of India has been consistent in our support for freedom and human rights of people of Tibet." He also said, "We shall continue to support the non-violent movement of the Tibetan people under the leadership of His Holiness the Dalai Lama." "The Janta Dal leaders Sharad Yadav, George Fernandes and our party have been raising human rights issues of Tibet in Indian Parliament house. They are also now trying to revive the All Party Indian Parliamentary Forum for Tibe

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» Parliamentary Friends of Tibet (PFT) Canada launches its second Parliamentary Internship Program... - 16-June-2010
Parliamentary Friends of Tibet (PFT) Canada launches its second Parliamentary Internship Program June 16, 2010 By Jigme Duntak Parliamentary Friends of Tibet (PFT) JUne 14, 2010 Following up on the success of their first internship in 2007, the Parliamentary Friends of Tibet have launched a second internship program for young Tibetan-Canadian students hoping to familiarize themselves with the workings of Parliament. The importance of involving young Tibetans in the parliamentary process was echoed at the November 2009 World Parliamentary Convention on Tibet held in Rome where parliamentarians from all over the world gathered to discuss parliamentary initiatives that could be adopted by the different parliaments around the world in order to move towards a solution on the Tibet issue. One of the key strategies that was proposed by parliamentarians from all over the world was to "involve young Tibetans in the political system" in order to develop a "greater Tibetan underst

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» Lhasa takes the leap - 16-June-2010
Lhasa takes the leap June 16, 2010 The Nation/Asia News Network June 7, 2010 TIBET - The Lhasa railway station is 3,490 metres up in the air - or, at least, above sea level. In just 24 hours the train has climbed from 2,275 metres in Xining to 5,072 at the Tanggula Pass, before coasting more or less downward into Lhasa. It's been a dizzying experience, and Lhasa somehow feels like solid ground. "I can't believe I've made it!" exults Anna, a German I'd met at my hotel in Xining and again on the train. We kiss the ground at the station, which is modelled after the iconic Potala Palace, and giggle at our good fortune. Anna is set for a 28-day tour of the region, just her and a guide, including a trip to Mount Kailash. I'd ridden to Tibet astride a famous piece of advice from the 14th Dalai Lama - whose portrait is nowhere to be seen in Lhasa, by the way. "Go to Tibet," he said, "and see many places, as much as possible, then tell the world." My own guide is

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» Dalai Lama's message clear, understandable - 16-June-2010
Dalai Lama's message clear, understandable June 16, 2010 By CHARLIE PEARL The State Journal, Kentucky June 15, 2010 I just returned from Indianapolis - or so it seems. Instead of going to the 500, I went two weeks early to be with a world famous spiritual leader for two days. And when His Holiness the Dalai Lama and I meet in Indiana, I always lose sleep. But it?s worth it. There are no expectations of one-on-one interviews. Just the excitement of being in his presence is overwhelming. And if he read this, he would laugh and say, "Why? I am just a simple Buddhist monk " no more, no less." He says he has no special healing powers and offers proof by saying he doesn?t think his gall bladder surgery would have been necessary if he did. And it?s the same story with his eyeglasses, he says, laughing. Being near the Dalai Lama requires getting up before daylight. That?s no problem. I never use an alarm clock, and I?m always awake by 4:30 a.m. Franklin County friend Angela Mit

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» Clipping the dragon's torturous claws - 16-June-2010
Clipping the dragon's torturous claws June 16, 2010 Law banning evidence obtained under duress is a small step, but one in the right direction By Frank Ching Special to Gulf News June 15, 2010 Each year, the human rights report on China makes gloomy reading. Each year, we are told "the government's human rights record remained poor" and, not infrequently, that the situation had deteriorated. Next year, hopefully, there will be at least one bright spot. This is because China has just announced that evidence obtained through torture will no longer be admissible in court cases, especially in death penalty cases. Previously, torture was supposedly illegal but evidence obtained through duress was routinely accepted; so there was little reason for the police to stay their hand in order to obtain confessions and to force reluctant witnesses to provide the required statements. Actually, China in theory outlawed torture in 1996. But its definition of illegal acts was so narrow that i

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» Tibet's human rights issues raised at the 14th session of UN Human Rights Council... - 16-June-2010
Tibet's human rights issues raised at the 14th session of UN Human Rights Council June 16, 2010 Central Tibetn Administration June 10, 2010 Geneva, 9 June - The UN Human Rights Council began its 14th regular session in Geneva from 31 May and will continue until 18 June. Several UN Special Procedure mandate holders presented their annual report to this Council for discussion. Among these reports, the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers [1], the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Opinion [2]; and the Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions [3] reported cases of Tibetans who were arrested for exercising their freedom of speech, detained, given death sentences by the Chinese courts as well as the death of Mr. Phuntsok Rabgay, a 27-year-old monk, in Drango County, Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province. The Special Rapporteur on independence of judges and lawyers with the Special Rapporteur on Summary E

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» Dalai Lama joins Indian-Tibetan friendship celebration - 16-June-2010
Dalai Lama joins Indian-Tibetan friendship celebration June 16, 2010 By Phurbu Thinley Phayul June 15, 2010 Dharamsala, June 15 - Exiled Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama Tuesday attended a celebratory function marking "fifty years of friendship and understanding" among Indians and Tibetans here in this north Indian hill town. As part of the celebration Hindu priests conducted a fire ritual (havan) and prayer chanting ceremony in the presence of His Holiness the Dalai Lama for his continued well-being and long life. Senior officials of the Central Tibetan Administration, members of the organising committee of the event and hundreds of Tibetans, Indians and visiting tourists participated in the event held at the courtyard of the Main Tibetan Temple (Tsuglag khang) here. "We chanted and offered prayers for the well-being and long life of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. And also in our puja we offered prayers for the happiness, success and well-being of Tibetans here

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» Plant Acccused of Stalling - 15-June-2010
Officials at a nuclear plant in southern China are criticized for delaying news about a leak. RFA A screenshot showing the Daya Bay Nuclear Plant taken from the Web site of Hong Kong Nuclear Investment Co., a CLP unit that owns 25 percent of the plant. HONG KONG—The Daya Bay nuclear power plant in southern China had a “very small leakage” from a fuel rod that has been contained, Hong Kong’s leading electricity supplier, CLP Holdings Ltd., said in a statement, but activists say the firm should have revealed the incident sooner. A “small increase” in radioactive substances was detected in cooling water at the plant’s Unit 2 on May 23, CLP said in a statement. “The reactor cooling water is sealed in completely and isolated from the external environment, thus causing no impact to the public.” Operations at the power plant were unaffected and a task force of nuclear experts had been formed to investigate the situation, CLP said. Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station is located about 50 kms (30 mil

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» Rights Sites Under Attack - 15-June-2010
Prominent rights Web sites say they have been attacked. AFP People use computers at an Internet cafe in Beijing, June 3, 2009. HONG KONG—Several prominent Web sites dedicated to rights activism, and to attempts by ordinary citizens to seek redress against official wrongdoing, have reported hacker attacks and other forms of malfunction in recent weeks. Several sites, including the prominent Rights Network of China, the Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch, and Democracy China reported freezing and crashing that lasted the whole of last weekend. "This is the latest in a series of attacks this year," said Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch founder Liu Feiyue. "We have increased browsing compared with last year, so the number of attacks has risen proportionally." Liu said he believed the attacks happened because the government is unhappy with the content on his site, which contains criticism of the ruling Communist Party, including revelations [of wrongdoing] by a number of local governments.

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» Patient Pressed on Gifts - 15-June-2010
Chinese authorities foot medical bills after discouraging foreign aid for a cancer-stricken family. AFP Chinese paramilitary police trucks drive through downtown Urumqi, July 9, 2009. HONG KONG—Authorities in northwest China have warned the family of a mother and son suffering from cancer to stop accepting overseas donations for his medical treatment, according to the boy’s mother. Rozinishan, the 26-year-old mother of a young boy with leukemia, said she is grateful for contributions from fellow members of the Uyghur ethnic community to pay for her son’s medical treatment. Rozinishan herself was diagnosed with intestinal cancer in November 2008 and has been unable to work to raise money for her eight-year-old son, Abdul Weli. Her husband died the same year after a fatal heart attack. Rozinishan’s younger brother, Tohti Yusuf, said by telephone that after making the online plea, local government officials guaranteed they would take care of the family’s medical bills if they agreed to fo

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» Clipping the dragon's torturous claws - 15-June-2010
By Frank Ching, Special to Gulf News Published: 00:00 June 15, 2010 Each year, the human rights report on China makes gloomy reading. Each year, we are told "the government's human rights record remained poor" and, not infrequently, that the situation had deteriorated. Next year, hopefully, there will be at least one bright spot. This is because China has just announced that evidence obtained through torture will no longer be admissible in court cases, especially in death penalty cases. Previously, torture was supposedly illegal but evidence obtained through duress was routinely accepted; so there was little reason for the police to stay their hand in order to obtain confessions and to force reluctant witnesses to provide the required statements. Actually, China in theory outlawed torture in 1996. But its definition of illegal acts was so narrow that interrogators could employ a wide range of techniques that contravened the standards set by the United Nations. Manfred Nowak, the Unite

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» Kyrgyzstan unrest gives big powers cause for concern - 15-June-2010
Article Link Simon Tisdall: Monday, 14 June 2010 If recent history is any guide, the ethnic violence roiling southern Kyrgyzstan is unlikely to be prolonged or to spark a wider conflagration in neighbouring Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. Similar outbreaks ignited by disputes over land, food prices and poll results across the divided Fergana valley in 1990 and 2005 eventually subsided, with or without the type of foreign intervention sought at the weekend by the interim government in Bishkek. But these precedents offer scant comfort to the big powers – Russia, China and the US – whose economic, security and strategic interests are increasingly affected by central Asian instability. Kyrgyzstan's unresolved problems, including extreme poverty, poor education levels among the rural majority, complex ethnic and tribal rivalries, north-south divisions and the spread of extreme Islamist ideology mean the next crisis is never far away. Russia is widely believed to have triggered the l

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» Patient Pressed on Gifts - 15-June-2010
RFA 2010-06-15 HONG KONG—Authorities in northwest China have warned the family of a mother and son suffering from cancer to stop accepting overseas donations for his medical treatment, according to the boy’s mother. Rozinishan, the 26-year-old mother of a young boy with leukemia, said she is grateful for contributions from fellow members of the Uyghur ethnic community to pay for her son’s medical treatment. Rozinishan herself was diagnosed with intestinal cancer in November 2008 and has been unable to work to raise money for her eight-year-old son, Abdul Weli. Her husband died the same year after a fatal heart attack. Rozinishan’s younger brother, Tohti Yusuf, said by telephone that after making the online plea, local government officials guaranteed they would take care of the family’s medical bills if they agreed to forego outside help. “Right now, Abdul’s mother … is in Urumqi’s No. 2 Hospital being treated. The government of Hot

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» Clipping the dragon's torturous claws - 15-June-2010
By Frank Ching, Special to Gulf NewsPublished: 00:00 June 15, 2010 Each year, the human rights report on China makes gloomy reading. Each year, we are told "the government's human rights record remained poor" and, not infrequently, that the situation had deteriorated. Next year, hopefully, there will be at least one bright spot. This is because China has just announced that evidence obtained through torture will no longer be admissible in court cases, especially in death penalty cases. Previously, torture was supposedly illegal but evidence obtained through duress was routinely accepted; so there was little reason for the police to stay their hand in order to obtain confessions and to force reluctant witnesses to provide the required statements. Actually, China in theory outlawed torture in 1996. But its definition of illegal acts was so narrow that interrogators could employ a wide range of techniques that contravened the standards set by the United Nations. Manfred Nowak, the United

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» Patient Pressed on Gifts - 15-June-2010
2010-06-15HONG KONG—Authorities in northwest China have warned the family of a mother and son suffering from cancer to stop accepting overseas donations for his medical treatment, according to the boy’s mother. Rozinishan, the 26-year-old mother of a young boy with leukemia, said she is grateful for contributions from fellow members of the Uyghur ethnic community to pay for her son’s medical treatment. Rozinishan herself was diagnosed with intestinal cancer in November 2008 and has been unable to work to raise money for her eight-year-old son, Abdul Weli. Her husband died the same year after a fatal heart attack. Rozinishan’s younger brother, Tohti Yusuf, said by telephone that after making the online plea, local government officials guaranteed they would take care of the family’s medical bills if they agreed to forego outside help. “Right now, Abdul’s mother … is in Urumqi’s No. 2 Hospital being treated. The government of Hoten co

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» Kyrgyzstan unrest gives big powers cause for concern - 15-June-2010
Article LinkSimon Tisdall:Monday, 14 June 2010 If recent history is any guide, the ethnic violence roiling southern Kyrgyzstan is unlikely to be prolonged or to spark a wider conflagration in neighbouring Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. Similar outbreaks ignited by disputes over land, food prices and poll results across the divided Fergana valley in 1990 and 2005 eventually subsided, with or without the type of foreign intervention sought at the weekend by the interim government in Bishkek. But these precedents offer scant comfort to the big powers – Russia, China and the US – whose economic, security and strategic interests are increasingly affected by central Asian instability. Kyrgyzstan's unresolved problems, including extreme poverty, poor education levels among the rural majority, complex ethnic and tribal rivalries, north-south divisions and the spread of extreme Islamist ideology mean the next crisis is never far away. Russia is widely believed to have triggered the lat

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» Tibet in History this Week - 15-June-2010
Tibet in History this Week June 15, 2010 Tibetan Review June 14, 2010 Jun 7, 1906:  An Anglo-Russian negotiation on the Tibet question was held between one Izvolsky and the British Ambassador Sir A. Nicolson. Jun 8, 1959: At the 2nd Plenary Session of the Preparatory Committee of the Autonomous Region of Tibet, Tibet regional party First Secretary Chang Kuo-hua declared that "democratic reforms" would be carried out in Tibet in two stages, namely, "the thorough suppression of the rebellion and campaigns to oppose the rebellion": and the redistribution of land. Jun 8, 1990: About 100 students of Tibet University staged a demonstration around the Bharkor street in Tibet's capital Lhasa, calling for independence. This was the first reported demonstration after the lifting of martial law in the city on May 1. Jun 8, 1982: A high-ranking three-member exile Tibetan delegation returned to Dharamsala after five weeks of visit and talk in Beijing from Apr 24. Jun 11, 1

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» Exiled Tibetans to elect PM, parliament - 15-June-2010
Exiled Tibetans to elect PM, parliament June 15, 2010 Sify (India) June 14, 2010 A new prime minister and parliament of the Tibetan government-in-exile based in this northern Indian hill town will be held in March next year, an official said Sunday. 'The primary elections to nominate candidates will be held Oct 3 while the general elections will take place March 20, 2011,' chief election commissioner Jamphel Choesang told IANS. According to him, some 120,000 Tibetan exiles worldwide above the age of 18 are eligible to vote. In 2006, 32,205 of 72,000 registered voters exercised their franchise. Incumbent Samdhong Rinpoche became the first directly elected prime minister in September 2001 after the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, called for a directly elected political leader of the exiles. The Dalai Lama has been based in this town since fleeing Tibet in 1959. His government-in-exile is not recognised by any county.

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» Articulation and More - 15-June-2010
Articulation and More June 15, 2010 By Bhuchung D. Sonam Phayul (India) June 7, 2010 Nineteen ninety-one was a landmark for the Tibetan diaspora. That year 1000 Tibetans left for the US as a part of the Washington's resettlement project for Tibetan refugees living in India, Nepal and Bhutan. I was then a young boy in TCV School. One evening I and a few friends got together to compose a petition to His Holiness the Dalai Lama stating that it was a wrong policy to send Tibetans to the US citing the brain drain as one of the reasons. "Most of our experienced teachers are leaving, which affects our studies," we wrote. We even found a way to deliver the puerile petition to His Holiness. What happened to us later is a different story altogether. Looking at the way this project has positively impacted the lives of thousands of Tibetan refugees and our struggle in terms of its reach and support network, the logic behind our petition sounds immature, self-serving and myopic. However,

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» China launches fresh attack on Dalai Lama - 15-June-2010
China launches fresh attack on Dalai Lama June 15, 2010 The India Express June 13, 2010 Beijing - In a fresh attack on Dalai Lama, a mouthpiece of the Chinese government on Sunday criticised his call for greater autonomy for Tibet and questioned whether he was really qualified to speak for six million Tibetans. In an article it slammed the demands submitted by the spiritual leader's representatives during their talks with Chinese officials early this year and said the Dalai Lama's demand implies "greater Tibet," which he never represented. "In early 2010, the Dalai Clique filed a note relating to the Memorandum on Genuine Autonomy for All Tibetans to the Chinese government, requesting talks on the welfare of 6 million Tibetans," the write up said inferring that his demand included all Tibetans living in four other provinces, Sichuan, Gansu, Qinghai and Yunnan, besides Tibet. The article titled 'Is the Dalai Lama qualified to speak on the 'welfare of 6 million Tibet

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» Advisory: Dalai Lama?s 75th birthday: Tibet Festival in the Park... - 15-June-2010
Advisory: Dalai Lama?s 75th birthday: Tibet Festival in the Park June 15, 2010 Tibetan Commemorative Committee London UK, June 14, 2010 A free festival that celebrates the life and ideals of the Dalai Lama and showcases the endangered traditions and culture of Tibet Event Date: Saturday 3rd July Time: 12noon - 6pm Place: Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park, London SE1 6HZ (next to Imperial War Museum) Entrance: Free, donations welcome More info: www.dalailamabirthday.org.uk On Saturday 3rd July, the Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park (near the Tibetan Peace Garden1 that was opened by the Dalai Lama in 1999) will be buzzing with musicians, entertainers and performers from Tibet and around the world along with an array of Tibetan and other stalls, Tibetan food and more. Attractions and activities include: · Dramatic traditional sacred Buddhist dances by the Tashi Lhunpo monks of Tibet2 · Traditional and modern songs by world renowned Tibetan singer Soname3 · Mongolian overto

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» Aiming for the Highest Office of the Tibetan Government in Exile... - 15-June-2010
Aiming for the Highest Office of the Tibetan Government in Exile June 15, 2010 London witnesses the first subtle Tibetan election campaigning for the office of Kalon Tripa. By Tsering Passang Phayul (India) Tuesday, June 01, 2010 11:01] London, 29 May 2010 - When an email circular came through my inbox last week, I became quite eager to meet and hear from the man himself ? many regard him as a serious and popular candidate to the office of Kalon Tripa. The Election of the 3rd Kalon Tripa is due to held in the spring of 2011. Thanks to the early initiative of www.KalonTripa.org many Tibetans today know the names of over 20 potential candidates for the office of Kalon Tripa, otherwise known as the Prime Minster of Tibetan Government in Exile. Kasur Tenzin Namgyal Tethong, who I believe is a serious leadership contender for the office of Kalon Tripa, with a wealth of experience and sound intellect in addition to the good connection that he enjoys both within and beyond the Tibetan Commun

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» The King and Us - 15-June-2010
The King and Us June 15, 2010 By DOROTHY SPEARS Published: June 10, 2010 WHEN I first told my son Ferran that the 17-year-old king of Tibet would be staying with our family for a week, he raised a 14-year-old eyebrow and said, “I hope he’s not expecting me to serve him.” My 17-year-old son, Alex, was more generous. “I think I should give the king my bed,” he said, wondering aloud if the king, who had been living in a Tibetan refugee settlement in India, would require security. Related Times Topic: Tibet Enlarge This Image Katie Orlinsky for The New York Times Namgyal Wangchuk Lhagyari, with his host, Dorothy Spears. I didn’t think so, I told him. A few days later Namgyal Wangchuk Lhagyari Trichen stood in the doorway of our West Village home. The king — he called himself Trichen — was dressed in jeans and a black T-shirt bearing a green silk-screened image of the Dalai Lama. I helped him carry his heavy suitcase and duffle bag upstairs,

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» Tibet's watershed challenge - 15-June-2010
Tibet's watershed challenge June 15, 2010 By Uttam Kumar Sinha The Washington Post June 14, 2010 While Tibet raises a number of controversial questions, one dimension will assume increasing political significance: its water resources. The Tibetan Plateau, known to many as the "Third Pole," is an enormous storehouse of freshwater, believed by some to be the world's largest. It is the headwaters of many of Asia's mighty rivers, including the Yellow, Yangtze, Mekong, Salween, Brahmaputra, Indus and Sutlej. These vast water resources are of course vulnerable to environmental challenges, including climate change, but they are subject to an array of political issues as well. Should China be the lone stakeholder to the fate of the waters in Tibet? What happens in the downstream nations that depend heavily on these rivers? China has exploited all but two rivers from the Tibetan Plateau; an exception is the Nujiang River, which flows through Yunnan province and enters Burma, where it

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» "Six million Tibetans" Imply a Concept of a "Greater Tibet." Says China... - 15-June-2010
"Six million Tibetans" Imply a Concept of a "Greater Tibet." Says China June 15, 2010 Gautam The Tibet Post International June 14, 2010 Dharamshala - In a fresh tirade against His Holiness the Dalai Lama, a Chinese government mouthpiece has questioned Tibetan spiritual leader's right and authority to speak for all Tibetans. In the article that is titled "Is the Dalai Lama qualified to speak on the 'welfare of 6 million Tibetans?". The People's Daily criticized His Holiness and said that the demands that were submitted by the spiritual leader during his talks with Chinese officials spoke about "greater Tibet" an area that according to the Chinese government, he has no right to talk about. The article went on to claim that "In early 2010, the Dalai Clique filed a note relating to the Memorandum on Genuine Autonomy for All Tibetans to the Chinese government, requesting talks on the welfare of 6 million Tibetans" and also said that His Holiness the Dalai lama

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» Tibetan Parliament speaker concludes Norway visit - 15-June-2010
Tibetan Parliament speaker concludes Norway visit June 15, 2010 Phayul June 11, 2010 Dharamsala, June 11 - The Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile Mr Penpa Tsering on Tuesday concluded a three-day visit to Norway that included meetings with MPs, Officials of Foreign Ministry and the country?s small Tibetan community. During the visit, the speaker met with the members of the Norwegian Parliamentary Group on Tibet and representatives of the Norwegian Foreign Ministry. During the meetings, Mr Penpa Tsering discussed ways to "intensify engagement by the Norwegian authorities and institutions to encourage the Chinese leadership to enter into fruitful negotiations with the Envoys of His Holiness the Dalai Lama?. In his meeting on Tuesday morning with the foreign ministry representatives, Mr Tsering disscussed mainly on "Tibet related issues, including the dialogue process between the Dalai Lama?s envoys and the PRC leadership." The discussion also included "the pr

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» A murder in the shadow of Everest. Why was an innocent Tibetan nun gunned down by Chinese soldiers in the Himalayas?... - 15-June-2010
A murder in the shadow of Everest. Why was an innocent Tibetan nun gunned down by Chinese soldiers in the Himalayas? June 15, 2010 To order 'Murder in the High Himalaya', by Jonathan Green click on the Amazon banner located here: https://store.tibet.ca/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2&products_id=15&zenid=8380ikkceaqi7j2ia2gpvc16i5 In 2007, Live's Jonathan Green went to the shadow of Mt Everest to investigate the murder of a Tibetan nun by Chinese troops. It led to an extraordinary book signed up by Hollywood and billed as the new 'Perfect Storm'. This is his irrefutable account of a superpower's shame... The first gunshot to split the thin mountain air went largely unnoticed by the climbers. Most were still in their tents - the sun had risen, but it hadn't been up long enough to blunt the knifing cold - and no one expected to hear small-arms fire on a mountaineering expedition, much less at 19,000ft in the Himalaya. There were about 100 climbers congregating at th

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» Tibet's watershed challenge - 15-June-2010
Tibet's watershed challenge June 15, 2010 By Uttam Kumar SinhaWhile Tibet raises a number of controversial questions, one dimension will assume increasing political significance: its water resources. The Tibetan Plateau, known to many as the "Third Pole," is an enormous storehouse of freshwater, believed by some to be the world's largest. It is the headwaters of many of Asia's mighty rivers, including the Yellow, Yangtze, Mekong, Salween, Brahmaputra, Indus and Sutlej. These vast water resources are of course vulnerable to environmental challenges, including climate change, but they are subject to an array of political issues as well. Monday, June 14, 2010   Should China be the lone stakeholder to the fate of the waters in Tibet? What happens in the downstream nations that depend heavily on these rivers? China has exploited all but two rivers from the Tibetan Plateau; an exception is the Nujiang River, which flows through Yunnan province and enters Burma, where it is kn

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» Send 'child saint' to school, rules Andhra rights panel... - 15-June-2010
Send 'child saint' to school, rules Andhra rights panel June 15, 2010 Sify (India) June 14, 2010 Andhra Pradesh State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) Monday ordered that 'child saint' Sambhavi, who claims to be a childhood friend of Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama in her previous life, should go to school. Delivering its verdict on petitions filed by a group of rationalists and human rights activists, SHRC Chairman Subhashan Reddy directed the collector of Kurnool district to enrol her in a school within a week. He said the girl should have all the rights of a child and the parents should not claim that she is a 'child saint'. The panel noted that Sambhavi's parents themselves claimed the girl possessed 'supernatural' powers. 'Whoever may be the parents, they can't do whatever they want with their child,' Reddy said. Ruling that Sambhavi is a 14-year-old, the Commission said that the authorities should make arrangements to enrol her in a school. Sambhavi had attracted people's atte

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» China: Drop Charges Against Tibetan Environmental Philanthropist... - 15-June-2010
China: Drop Charges Against Tibetan Environmental Philanthropist June 15, 2010 Trumped-Up Case Against Karma Samdrup Follows Imprisonment of Relatives Human Rights Watch June 10, 2010 (New York - The Chinese government should immediately release two Tibetan environmentalists held on trumped up charges for running an environmental group in their village, and should drop charges made against their brother, Karma Samdrup, after he tried to protest their detention, Human Rights Watch said today. The two environmentalists, Jigme Namgyal and Rinchen Samdrup, have been in detention in Tibet since August 2009. Karma Samdrup, a prominent Tibetan environmental philanthropist, one of China?s leading collectors of Tibetan art, and founder of the award-winning Three Rivers Environmental Protection group, was seeking his brothers? release and was himself arrested on January 3, 2010, on charges of robbing graves that date back to 1998. His trial was initially scheduled for June 1, but was postponed

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» His Holiness the Dalai Lama Japan Visit Schedule - 15-June-2010
His Holiness the Dalai Lama Japan Visit Schedule June 15, 2010 Tibet House Japan June 10, 2010 Tokyo - His Holiness the Dalai Lama will visit Japan for a week this Month [June]. Zenkoji, a well-known 7th century Buddhist Temple in Nagano city has invited His Holiness the Dalai Lama for a special memorial talk and to strengthen the Buddhist bond. Zenkoji Temple, in their press release has said that the Temple has received a Buddha's statue with prayers for peace from His Holiness the Dalai Lama some two years ago. The visit of His Holiness and His teaching and Talk to the people here is to celebrate the establishment of this holy bond and to affirm the universality of message of peace. His Holiness will visit the Temple and meet the two Chief abbots of the Temple. Among the main events, He will give public talk on "Guide to Positive Clear Light ~ Message for today" to some 7,000 monks and lay people in the area. The organizers hope that the talk would provide the people of Na

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» EU urges China to release convicted dissident - 15-June-2010
EU urges China to release convicted dissident June 15, 2010 Fri Jun 11, 11:14 am ET BRUSSELS – The European Union on Friday condemned the five-year prison sentence for a Chinese dissident, Tan Zuoren, saying his conviction for subversion violated his freedom of speech and international standards of fairness. The EU said it "deeply regrets" that "international calls for the reopening of the case have been ignored" and urged Beijing to release Tan unconditionally. This week, the Sichuan provincial high court upheld Tan's five-year prison term for subversion stemming from his investigation into the deaths of children crushed in their schools during the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. He was sentenced in February on the vaguely defined charge of inciting subversion of state power. The denial of his appeal showed the Chinese government's determination to suppress questions about why so many schools collapsed during the quake, which killed 90,000 peopl

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