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Taiwan and China: No State-to-State relations?

justrecently — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:22:00 -0500

This doesn’t look clever. It may be a great idea to seek better relations with Beijing, but president Ma Ying-jeou’s definition of Taiwan’s relations with China not being state-to-state makes me wonder: what does he hope to achieve with such a concession?
Because a concession it is: the idea that the Republic of China could claim [...]

M and Mx .com A Daily Comic about life in China with English and Chinese.

magnus1977 — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:08:16 -0500

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A visit to one of Beijing’s ‘black jails’

Black and White Cat — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:15:00 -0500

The Youth Hotel in Beijing which does a side trade in locking up petitioners

Up until 2003, Custody and Repatriation (shourong) centers were used by the big cities to detain people without permits to work and live there before sending them back to where they had come from. Detainees would usually be held until relatives sent [...]
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Changes to the One Child Policy

mgms35 — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:07:00 -0500

I just got back from Shenzhen after an eventful weekend in and around Chengdu. I went with a friend to her cousin's wedding back in her hometown. We hung out with her huge extended family and had a wonderful time. Even better, this trip has given me a lot of interesting topics to write about for my blog.
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Dalai Lama Envoy on Nepal Mission

justrecently — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 09:32:00 -0500

“Chope Paljor Tsering, the health minister of the Dalai Lama’s government-in-exile, arrived on a low-key visit in Kathmandu on Wednesday from Dharamsala in India to interact with foreign officials, NGOs and Tibetan refugees living in settlements spread across Nepal. He will be in Nepal till October 23.”
Beacon Online, October 12 >>
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HK Liberal Party: the Bloodbath continues

justrecently — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 09:06:00 -0500

The LegCo elections in Hong Kong were a “bad day for business”, said the Economist. The Liberal Party, the most outspoken pro-business party, won seven of the functional-constituency seats - which means that they were voted in by their business guilds. But the Liberal candidates who had to gain support in direct elections (that’s half of [...]

Mao Mao Mao

liuzhou — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:27:00 -0500

About three years ago, the local government decided to build some accommodation for retired government workers.

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Hu Jia transferred from Tianjin to Beijing?

justrecently — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:08:00 -0500

According to zengjinyan.org, Hu Jia has been transferred from Tianjin’s Chaobai Prison (潮白监狱) to Beijing Municipal Prison (北京市监狱) yesterday noon (apparently to a working unit called “Tuanhe Farms” (团河农场). The post says that Zeng Jinyan got this information when the state security police phoned her today.

More Millionaire Fair

justrecently — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:00:00 -0500

Soon will be more Millionaire Fair. Since 2008 Millionaire Fair will be held Munich and Istambul.
Happy happy everyday!

Hermit: Never stop thinking of Taiwan

justrecently — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 05:58:00 -0500

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Ha! Another biased piece from the BBC!
Umm, hello, Children.
I’m still angry, so be careful with your questions. But it’s not your fault this time. The BBC is talking our Ginseng therapies down. Of course. Because the foreign devils fear our innovations. I’m sure next time, they will talk Lethal Suxxess (TM) down. Because [...]