Beijing Power Struggle Heralds End of Chinese Communist Party
By News on the Net Thursday, March 29, 2012
Beijing Power Struggle Heralds End of Chinese Communist Party
Bo Xilai FiredBy News on the Net Thursday, March 15, 2012
Imprisoned Christian Newspaper Editor, South China Church Leader Li Ying Released Five Years Early
By Christian Newswire Friday, February 24, 2012
JINMEN, Hubei, China,—A Christian newspaper editor and house church leader sentenced in 2002 to 15 years’ imprisonment for “intentional assault” was released almost five years before the end of her prison term as the result of a world-wide letter-writing campaign and other international efforts on her behalf.
Chinese collapse coming?By Guest Column Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Wife, Son of Well-Known Political Prisoner & Christian Guo Quan Arrive in US
By Christian Newswire Tuesday, January 24, 2012
LOS ANGELES, With the assistance of ChinaAid and a number of churches in the United States, the wife and child of well-known Chinese political prisoner and Christian Guo Quan have left China and arrived Monday in Los Angeles.
Guo’s wife, Li Jing, and their 12-year-old son, Guo Yi, traveled by way of Indonesia, Singapore and South Korea. They were met at the Los Angeles airport by the director of ChinaAid’s LA office, Prof. Eddie Romero, also pastor of Hacienda Christian Fellowship, and Christian human rights activist Wu Chaoyang, a prisoner of conscience from the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy movement who had earlier arrived in the United States. Ms. Li and Guo Yi are devout Christians.
‘Disappeared’ Human Rights Lawyer Gao Zhisheng Imprisoned in Remote Far Western ChinaBy Christian Newswire Sunday, January 1, 2012
WASHINGTON, —For the first time since his most recent forced disappearance 20 months ago, the whereabouts of human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng were confirmed on Sunday.
China’s Real Estate Bubble May Have Just PoppedBy News on the Net Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Foreign Affairs
For years analysts have warned of a looming real estate bubble in China, but the predicted downturn, the bursting of that bubble, never occurred—that is, until now. In a telling scene two months ago, Shanghai property developers started slashing prices on their latest luxury condos by up to one-third. Crowds of owners who had recently bought apartments at full price converged on sales offices throughout the city, demanding refunds. Some angry investors went on a rampage, breaking windows and smashing showrooms.
By Christian Newswire Wednesday, December 21, 2011
SAN JOSE, Calif.,—Women’s Rights Without Frontiers is launching a Christmas Card campaign in support of Chen Guangcheng. WRWF President, Reggie Littlejohn, stated, “Send a Christmas card to encourage Chen Guangcheng and his family. Let them know that you are thinking about them and support them. Also, let the Chinese Communist Party and the local officials know that Chen has supporters from all over the world.”
Christian Bale is a Hero for Trying to Visit Chen Guangcheng
By Christian Newswire Friday, December 16, 2011
DONGSHIGU VILLAGE, China,—“Batman” star Christian Bale traveled nine hours from Beijing to visit blind forced abortion opponent Chen Guangcheng. Bale said, “What I really wanted to do was shake the man’s hand and say ‘thank you,’ and tell him what an inspiration he is.”
Intel Committee launches probe into security threats posed by ChinaBy Jim Kouri Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Chairman Mike Rogers (R-MI) and Ranking Member Dutch Ruppersberger (D-IL) alerted concerned parties within the intelligence community and the corporate security industry that the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence officially launched a probe into the alleged threats posed by Chinese-owned telecommunications companies working within the United States, and the U.S. government’s response to that threat.
The Debate Over ChinaBy Heritage Foundation Thursday, November 17, 2011
Want to hear something disturbing? China has increased its defense budget by double digits every year for the last 20 years. Just as China seems to be gearing up for some undefined enterprise, the U.S. is winding down its defense budget at a similarly rapid pace. Despite the obvious contrast, President Obama said recently that reductions in U.S. defense spending “will not—I repeat, will not—come at the expense of the Asia-Pacific.”
Jailed Sichuan Activist Ding Mao Case Sent Back to Prosecutors from Police for Third TimeBy Christian Newswire Tuesday, November 8, 2011
MIAYANG, Sichuan, Government prosecutors handling the case of Sichuan activist Ding Mao, arrested for forwarding Twitter messages about the Arab Jasmine Revolution and charged with subversion, had demanded police for further investigations because of insufficient evidence and the case now has been sent back to prosecutors for the third time, ChinaAid has confirmed.
Meanwhile, his wife’s request to visit him on the eve of his birthday, which is Nov. 9, was denied. None of his family members, including the couple’s six-year-old son, has seen Ding Mao since local police seized him from his home on Feb. 19. He has been held in the Mianyang Detention Center. In March 28, he was formally arrested on suspicion of inciting subversion of state power.
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