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China accuses the NGO’s president Dolkun Isa of terrorism and separatism. The latter has been in exile since 1997. For US Ambassador, the UN should not indulge China’s Islamophobia; there is no evidence in Beijing's accusations.

Appeal of Francis on the eve of the feast of the Our Lady of Sheshan. Confirmation, the "gift" with which "Christ is to fill us with his Spirit, consecrating us as his witnesses, sharing in the same principle of life and mission, according to the plan of the heavenly Father". "Christian witness consists in doing only and all that the Spirit of Christ asks of us, granting us the strength to do it".

With an investment of almost US$ 5 billion, China is set to build the Sambor dam in Cambodia. According to experts, it will have a very negative impact on the natural environment and on the Cambodians and Vietnamese living in the Mekong Delta. The great river provides food security to about 60 million people living in the settlements along its course.

The sentence pronounced today by a Qinghai Court. Tashi Wangchuk was arrested in 2016 for a New York Times video in which he supported Tibetans right to use their mother tongue. Beijing continues to repress and marginalize the Tibetan culture.

Activists call for the end of the "one-party dictatorship". Hong Kong is the only place in China where the massacre is remembered on a large-scale. But over the years student participation has decline.

On the day dedicated to the memory of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, Francis says that "the Church is feminine, because she is 'church', 'bride': she is feminine. And she is a mother, she gives birth. Bride and mother ".

Beijing announced the launch of a satellite to serve as a communication link with a probe that should land on the far side of the moon.

At the end of the Regina Caeli, Francis called again for dialogue in the Holy Land. He appealed for non-violence in Venezuela, especially towards prisoners. "From that day of Pentecost, and until the end of time, this holiness, whose fullness is Christ, is given to all those who open themselves to the action of the Holy Spirit and endeavour to be docile to it."

The pontiff in his homily during Mass in St Peter’s called on people to change, driven by the wind of the Spirit. “Blow upon the Church and impel her to the ends of the earth, so that, brought by you, she may bring nothing other than you. Blow upon our world the soothing warmth of peace and the refreshing cool of hope.”

The papal message is addressed directly to young people so that they can discover that "life is a mission", that Jesus "fills life with joy", and that he allows us to challenge evil, going so far as to give ourselves. People can engage in temporary missionary service so as to better serve others and not to live for their career alone, until you can "decide to make a complete gift of yourselves as missionaries".

China’s Foreign Ministry has denied reports that China is willing to cut trade surplus by US$ 200 billion dollars. Still, talks are "constructive".

In various parts of the country, some churches have been forcibly shut down or incorporated into the official body. Kindergartens have also been closed. Participants in a memorial service for the victims of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake have been arrested. The government fears a religious renaissance.