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China chides CNN and others for “biased” reporting!
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
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Full rant against western media here: CNN: What’s wrong with you?
Responding to a question from a Western media outlet at a regular press conference by Chinese Foreign Ministry on whether the anti-CNN website is supported by the Chinese government, spokesman Qin Gang said the website represented unprompted efforts by Chinese people from all walks of life to condemn and criticize Western media for their irresponsible and unethical reports and it had nothing to do with the government.Western media led by CNN have been advocating the principles of objective and impartial reporting. However, they distorted reports on riots in Tibet that involved beating, smashing, looting and burning.
105 Lhasa rioters “surrender” to police according to Chinese officials
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
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This would be funny if it wasn’t about people’s lives. So heavy handed press. It reminds me of the early Soviet propaganda which was similarly heavy handed and clumsy. Next, they will show us “interviews” on TV.
Full “story” here: 105 Lhasa rioters surrender to police
Doje Cering, a 25-year-old villager, smashed a red sedan and a white van with stones during the riot. He explained to Xinhua he was drunk at home that day when he heard someone shouting “get out, or we will burn down your house.” Then he just blindly followed them.Gyaincain, 53, said he came out when he heard people shouting “all people out, or burnt by fire.” “I just followed them,” he said.
“I was very disturbed by what I did. My family has persuaded me to give in to police,” he said.
Whistling past the graveyard?
Friday, January 25th, 2008
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Global downturn won’t hit China badly
China’s economy will experience only a moderate slowdown in 2008 because its diversified exports and strong domestic demand will help it stay resilient amid a weakening world economy, economists said yesterday.”We expect the Chinese economy to grow by 10 percent this year despite a US-led global economic slowdown,” said Liang Hong, an economist with Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong. “Strong domestic demand, especially investment growth, is expected to sustain the overall GDP growth, though the export growth is set to slow down.”
Thai satellite company stops airing Hezbollah TV broadcasts
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
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More: Thai satellite company stops airing Hezbollah TV broadcasts - Haaretz - Israel News
A Thai satellite company said Wednesday it stopped airing broadcasts of a Middle East-based television channel after learning it was tied to the Shiite militant group Hezbollah, a company spokesman said.
The broadcasts of Al-Manar were halted last Friday after just three days of a test run beamed through THAICOM satellites, said Piyanuch Sujpluem, a spokeswoman for Shin Satellite Public Company.
Mainland’s richest person is 26-year old woman
Tuesday, October 9th, 2007
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Mainland’s richest person is 26-year old woman
The 26-year-old daughter of a rags-to-riches property developer is now Chinese mainland’s wealthiest person, with a $16.2 billion fortune, the business magazine Forbes said Monday.
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Ms. Yang Huiyan shot to the top of the China Rich List, who is also Asia’s richest woman, after Country Garden Holdings Ltd, the property firm her father founded, floated on the Hong Kong stock exchange in April, creating 5 billionaires at once.
The Jakarta Post - UN envoy meets Suu Kyi, but not junta leader as troops lock down Yangon
Sunday, September 30th, 2007
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The Jakarta Post - UN envoy meets Suu Kyi, but not junta leader as troops lock down Yangon
UN envoy meets Suu Kyi, but not junta leader as troops lock down YangonYANGON (AP): A U.N. envoy held back-to-back meetings Sunday with detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the Myanmar junta in his bid to defuse the political crisis that has engulfed the country.
But Ibrahim Gambari, the U.N.’s special envoy to Myanmar, failed to see either the junta leader, Senior Gen. Than Shwe, or his deputy early Sunday, and was returning late Sunday to the junta’s headquarters for a possible third meeting.
Scoop: Amnesty International welcomes Zaoui decision
Thursday, September 13th, 2007
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Scoop: Amnesty International welcomes Zaoui decision
Amnesty International has welcomed the decision announced today by the Director of Security to withdraw the security risk certificate against Algerian refugee Ahmed Zaoui, saying that it makes clear that a substantial threat to New Zealand’s security must exist before the human right to asylum from persecution is ignored.
Abe puts ‘job on the line’ over anti-terrorism law - ENGLISH
Monday, September 10th, 2007
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asahi.com : Abe puts ‘job on the line’ over anti-terrorism law - ENGLISH
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe returned to Japan on Monday and faced a heated Diet session after indicating he would resign if the anti-terrorism special measures law is not extended.
APEC blacklist gags media | NEWS.com.au
Thursday, September 6th, 2007
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APEC blacklist gags media | NEWS.com.au
THE Australian Government has secretly blacklisted a host of Chinese media organisations and journalists from official APEC functions in an effort to avoid exposing Chinese President Hu Jintao and other dignitaries to embarrassing questions.
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