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Dalai Lama Slams China over Tibet Suffering »
Posted by: gamahuche 3 months, 3 weeks ago in News
The Dalai Lama said on Tuesday more and more Chinese were beginning to see a problem with Beijing's rule over Tibet, lamenting how the ...
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North Korea 'preparing for second nuclear test' - Telegraph »
Posted by: FunnyBoyz 2 months ago in News
The preparations began days after Pyongyang threatened to conduct further
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Beijing, Digging Out of a Jam, Expands Subway Despite Inauspicious Feng Shui »
Posted by: idyll 5 months, 2 weeks ago in Style
The new system has radically changed Beijing and its aversion to subsurface building. Until recently, there were no catacombs, crypts or even basements in Beijing ...
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From Washington to Beijing, World Leaders Denounce Test »
Posted by: altnrg 1 month, 1 week ago in News
North Korea's announcement of its second nuclear detonation triggered a wave of international condemnation today and sent diplomats scrambling to coordinate a response that ...
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IDBI Bank to make presence abroad : Rupee Times »
Posted by: monicachenoa 2 months, 3 weeks ago in Business & Finance
Private lender, IDBI Bank is planning to set up branches in foreign countries to assist Indian corporates to raise overseas funds. The bank has decided ...
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Beijing basks in first snowfall of year »
Posted by: tehranchik 4 months ago in News
The snow that began early Tuesday was artificially induced by the government, which had sought to end a three-month drought that has gripped the nation ...
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Bird flu claims first victim in almost a year »
Posted by: lovemorgul 6 months ago in Health & Fitness
Bird flu claimed its first victim in China in almost a year when a woman infected with the H5N1 strain died in Beijing on Monday ...
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Chinese Journalist Condemns Ministry of Propaganda »
Posted by: tehranchik 1 month ago in News
Chinese journalist Yang Jibin published an article strongly condemning China’s Ministry of Propaganda as the hidden hand behind the beating of two journalists. These ...
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"Bird’s Nest" to be Converted to Shopping Center »
Posted by: crypticquill 5 months ago in News
In addition to sports and cultural attractions, the Beijing Olympic National Stadium will also offer other entertainment and a shopping center in 3-5 years.
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International PEN protests the continued detention of Liu Xiaobo »
Posted by: tehranchik 5 months, 1 week ago in Political News
We, the undersigned, support International PEN, the world association of writers with members in over 100 countries, in its call for the release of Liu ...
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The great Tiananmen taboo »
Posted by: berkeley 1 month ago in Political News
It is 20 years since students and lecturers filled Tiananmen Square, demanding democracy, only to be crushed by tanks and fired on by the Chinese ...
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NY Foreign Policy Examiner: 3 protesters set themselves on fire in Beijing »
Posted by: Sasha56 4 months, 1 week ago in News
Reporters at the scene were apparently filming the event. Since Tiananmen Square is heavily guarded, it did not take long for police to arrive.
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In China, V is for The Vagina Monologues »
Posted by: Progressive 1 week, 6 days ago in Arts & Entertainment
It's been performed in more than 120 countries in at least 45 languages, and now The Vagina Monologues has officially arrived in China. After ...
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Book Review: Standoff At Tiananmen »
Posted by: populist 2 months ago in Political News
Just in time for 2009's 20th anniversary of Tiananmen Square's student uprising and bloody suppression, there is released a new book, Standoff At ...
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China disinfects after first bird flu death in a year »
Posted by: MyWayOnNow 6 months ago in News
Chinese health authorities closed poultry markets for disinfecting in a province surrounding Beijing on Wednesday after a woman died of bird flu, the first such ...
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