Watching China

The day began with a quiet meditation in a park, as Falun Gong practitioners gathered to remember the beginning of the nine-year long persecution.

Vehicles pass a major thoroughfare towards the China Central Television (CCTV) headquarters (right) in Beijing.

On the evening of July 19, 2008, 200 Falun Gong practitioners held a candlelight vigil behind Beijing’s Liaison Office in Hong Kong. A suspicious man, who has been present at every Falun Gong activity in Hong Kong, was identified as a communist spy and quickly ran away.

By Pranay Sharma, Beijing, July 20: Tibet may well be an "inalienable" part of the People's Republic of China, but few Chinese presidents or its paramount leaders have ever visited the region in the past five decades.

Ever since peaceful protests erupted in Tibet, starting from 10 March, the Chinese government used the full force of its state media to fling a series of allegations against the "Dalai Clique".

Beijing, July 20 (IANS) Tibet may well be an 'inalienable' part of the People's Republic of China, but few Chinese presidents or its paramount leaders have ever visited the region in the past five decades.

Ma Jian's Beijing Coma evokes memories lost in the labyrinths of time. It is a nuanced account of life stories of ordinary people caught in the Tiananmen movement and how their lives have unfolded since then.

A close look at the charges brought by the prosecution against Rep. Lee Han-jeong of the Creative Korea Party shows what an egregious swindler he is.

While feats of athletic brilliance may be the main focus of cameras during the Beijing Olympics, the telegenic venues set to host the athletes will draw their own share of gasps from admiring spectators.

Source: Reuters By Ian Ransom BEIJING, July 18 (Reuters) - While feats of athletic brilliance may be the main focus of cameras during the Beijing Olympics, the telegenic venues set to host the athletes will draw ...

Mi Fengjun, a former Communist Party chief of Changchun City and deputy chief of Jilin Provincial Congress Standing Committee, was arrested when visiting prostitutes in a hotel located in Changchun City. Mi Fengjun is the highest official ranking among those being investigated in Jilin Province.

It was time to admit, a prominent Chinese academic said recently, that Beijing's ambitions for the Olympics had changed. The authorities no longer expected them to be the Best Games Ever, he said: it would be enough if they just passed without trouble. This seemed a sad conclusion to draw.

Falun Dafa Association of New Zealand Inc. For immediate release Falun Gong practitioners will hold activities in Wellington on Thursday 17th July and Friday 18th July, calling for an end to the persecution of Falun Gong in China.

By Pranay Sharma, Beijing, July 15 : Worries about attempts by terrorist and separatist groups to disrupt the forthcoming Olympic Games in Beijing has led the Chinese government to offer financial incentives to people for information to foil such plots.

Beijing, July 15 (IANS) Worries about attempts by terrorist and separatist groups to disrupt the forthcoming Olympic Games in Beijing has led the Chinese government to offer financial incentives to people for information to foil such plots.

July 22 1819: Ivan Kotliarevsky operetta Natalka Poltavka premieres in Ukraine. 2001: President Jiang Zemin of the People’s Republic of China pays an official visit to Ukraine. A number of bilateral instruments are signed during his meetings with President Leonid Kuchma of Ukraine.

On 8 August 2008, the Beijing Olympics will commence. Regretfully, these Olympics are not likely to only be about excellence in sportsmanship and the coming together of all nations in a spirit of good will.

Hu Jintao, at many occasions stressed the importance of hosting a successful Olympics in Beijing. The Chinese government sees the Games as a war that must be won.

They have been called the “Fifty Cent Party,” the “red vests” and the “red vanguard.”

Falun Dafa Association of New Zealand Inc. For immediate release July 14, 2008 Before July 20, 1999 Falun Gong was practised freely all over China.