Wang Zhicheng

The 92-year-old priest spent 24 years in camps, persecuted for his loyalty to the pope. The government had chosen as bishop Ma Yinglin. Excommunicated in 2006, the latter was rejected by the faithful for not being in communion with the pope.

Means promised by Wen Jiabao to Angela Merkel to support the European Stability Fund. Europe is the largest market for China's exports. The meeting with Hu Jintao. Also under discussion are Iran and rare soils. Differing views on human rights. A visit to the bishop of Guangzhou, Msgr. Gan, who in July attended an illicit episcopal ordination.

One of those arrested is the diocesan manager; another is the principal of the underground seminary. Until recently, local Catholics had been left alone, tolerated by police. Arrests are connected to China’s fear of a domestic ‘Arab spring’.

A boom in births anticipated in the Chinese world. Doubts about presidential elections in the U.S., France and Russia. Silence on the changes at the top in China. The growing engagement of civil society against totalitarianism. The Chinese dragon is similar to an angel or an archangel in Christian tradition.

China’s audit authorities find debt irregularities worth 530 billion yuan, but investors fear bad debt might actually be 2-3 trillion (US$ 360-475 billion).

Tianzhujiao zai xian website proposes prayer to honour the dead and support for their families. A young seminarian has survived, but his condition is still very serious.

China’s premier defends farmers’ right to a fair compensation for seized land. However, Ni Yulan, who defended Beijing residents against pre-Olympic land grabs, could be jailed for “creating a disturbance”. After spending time in prison where she was beaten, she is now disabled and homeless following the demolition of her home.

Scholars and UN officials discuss ways to reduce capital offences. Supreme Court cuts down on executions, but overall number is still about eight times the rest of the world combined.

He was arrested three days ago. Officially, he died from "cardiac arrest". Falun Gong members, bishops and priests die in prison for torture. "Mass incidents" that see clashes between police and demonstrators grew to 180 thousand in 2010.

46% are preparing to emigrate to the U.S., Canada, Australia, Singapore. Insecurity and fear of social unrest; desire for a clean environment and better education for their children.

Millions of people sign petitions, publish photos’ on the Internet, visit the village of Chen risking police beatings and threats. Chen, his wife and their six year old daughter are isolated for reporting forced abortions and sterilizations by local authorities in Shandong.

China’s president claims the Communist Party is Sun Yat-sen’s faithful successor. However, in Taiwan scholars note that the mainland has not yet implemented one of Sun’s ideal, democracy. Taiwan’s president says the Republic of China is a reality of the present, not the past.