Beijing announced that four local government and security officials in Guizhou’s Weng’an county were fired for "severe malfeasance" over an alleged coverup of a murder, that led to protests last week of some 30,000 people, the Wall Street Journal reported. Weng’an police originally said high-school student Li Shufen drowned, angering people who believe she was […]
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The municipal government of the Olympic port city of Qingdao reiterated yesterday its promise to clear Qingdao’s waters of green algae by July 15, the South China Morning Post reported. More than 10,000 workers are working to remove green algae that covers 32% of the sea area set aside for Olympic sailing competitions. The algal […]
The Communist Party chief of Tibet on Wednesday repeated Chinese government claims that the Dalai Lama and his supporters orchestrated riots in March with "the evil intention of turning the incident into a bloodbath," Reuters reported. The remarks made by Zhang Qingli came as talks between Chinese officials and envoys of the Dalai Lama entered […]
Envoys of the Dalai Lama began two days of meetings with Chinese officials on Tuesday, AP reported. The time, place and agenda of the talks were not provided. Ahead of the meetings, foreign ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao told reporters that the Dalai Lama’s side must implement the three "stops" – stop separatist activities, stop sabotaging […]
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A decade of deadlocks ended on June 10 as talks between representatives from Taiwan and the mainland were held in Beijing. The meetings led to agreements on flights and tourism, as well as plans for future cross-Strait negotiations in Taiwan. China announced the talks on May 22, barely 48 hours after Ma Ying-jeou was elected […]