On 9 September 1979, the ‘helmsman’ of China’s path to communism died. Still honoured in Beijing as a talisman, his name means nothing to Generation Z, who are chasing the China of social media. Meanwhile, Xi Jinping has revived his rhetoric on the primacy of the Party and his methods for promoting his nationalist agenda.
The lawyers of Chen Guangcheng, who is renowned for revealing forced abortions in the province, claim his trial was riddled with illegalities and that testimonies were "obtained by torture".
The Chinese government wants to stop Pyongyang from conducting missile and nuclear tests that are a violation of a UN Security Council resolution. North Korea's answer is to ban Chinese visitors from entering the Communist nation.
The police consider the buildings to be threats against security. Two Catholics were injured. The community saved for years to fund the constructions and now they feel "pained and indignant".
Mary Lau, Ching Cheong's wife, has requested that her husband receive medical treatment in prison: he has serious cardiac problems. The journalist, condemned to five years in prison after a trial without evidence, will spend his time studying.
Schools applying rigid military methods are becoming increasingly popular to teach an entire generation of spoilt only children, a consequence of the government's demographic policy. Parents are enthusiastic about the idea because they no longer know how to bring up their children.
NGO expert tells AsiaNews that the real revolution is trying to explain that 'non-governmental' does not mean 'anti-governmental'.
Church property, which the government has said it will return, is estimated to be worth 13 billion euros. But the Religious Affairs Bureau, the Patriotic Association and local governments freely dispose of it and its revenues.
The judges maintain that the reporter sold military secrets to Taiwan and created a spy network to plot against the state. In reality, when arrested, he was working on an article about the Tiananmen Square massacre.
A free-trade zone will be established with Australia and New Zealand as soon as possible. But the goal remains that of eliminating tariffs within the entire group to counter competition from India and China. Problems posed by the Myanmar regime have been shelved for the moment.
Beijing blocked the entire encyclopaedia forum because it refused to change or remove articles on "unwelcome" topics like the Tiananmen massacre. Millions of web pages have been blocked and China has been excluded from this global forum for fear that the Chinese people may come across forbidden news.
A French parliamentary delegation yesterday returned from a visit to the region. A senator warned Beijing about the importance of resolving the Tibetan question before the Games. In the meantime, the Panchen Lama chosen by Communist leaders has returned home.
At the 14 meeting of the Asian section of the International Labour Organisation, governments, trade unions and industrialists stressed the need to create work that lifts people out of poverty and guarantees basic rights for all. This is the stand of the Vatican.
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