http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/chicom/ en-us Wed, 2 Jul 2008 22:17:04 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039944/posts Chinese security forces are putting pressure on angry parents to abandon demands for a full investigation into why so many schools collapsed in the May earthquake in Sichuan province and have rounded up human rights workers in the earthquake-ravaged region. In tent cities that have sprung up throughout the region, soldiers carrying batons patrol the streets and security agents and police have stepped up efforts to muzzle any sign of “social instability”. An atmosphere of anxiety reigns among the parents of children killed in school collapses in the towns of Mianzhu and Dujiangyan as government and security officials apply increasing... Financial Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039944/posts#comment Wed, 2 Jul 2008 22:17:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024012/posts Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates issued a set of thinly veiled warnings to China on Saturday, cautioning that it could risk its share of further gains in Asia’s economic prosperity if it bullied its neighbors over natural resources in contested areas like the South China Sea. Three years ago at the same lectern here, Mr. Gates’s predecessor, Donald H. Rumsfeld, bluntly criticized China’s swift military buildup. Last year Mr. Gates struck a more conciliatory tone, saying Beijing and Washington had a chance to “build trust over time.” Mr. Gates seemed to take a third approach in his remarks to a... NYT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024012/posts#comment Sat, 31 May 2008 16:00:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023157/posts Christian Dior, the French fashion brand, has become the latest global company to learn a hard lesson about the danger of offending Chinese sensitivities. Facing the possibility of a boycott of its products, the luxury company said Thursday that it had dropped the American actress Sharon Stone from its advertising in China after she suggested last week that the recent earthquakes in Sichuan Province were karmic retribution for Beijing’s treatment of Tibet. The New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023157/posts#comment Thu, 29 May 2008 20:22:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019524/posts A Chinese magazine has been shut down for printing pictures of scantily-clad women posing in rubble for a special report on the country's devastating earthquake. The New Travel Weekly, a small lifestyle magazine, ran photos of sultry models in their underwear amid the debris in an issue that hit the stands on Monday - the first of three days of national mourning. The press and publication department of the southwestern city of Chongqing, where the magazine was based, said it decided to close the magazine down for "rectification." The department said the magazine "seriously violated propaganda discipline and went against... Australian Broadcasting Corporation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019524/posts#comment Thu, 22 May 2008 03:12:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2017595/posts I do not know if this article suit to be posted here, but I just want to speak something. Today when I went to NYT and an review attracted my attention, title "fed up with peace" (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/opinion/18kristof.html). This article frightens me. There it covered a monk who claimed that he( Dalai Lama) has been too peaceful over the China, and they should take some actions more violent, especially when he is gone. It depicts that this impatience seems widespread among young Tibetans , and remarks that the Dalai Lama should return Tibet as a spiritual leader and own more rights.... NYT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2017595/posts#comment Sun, 18 May 2008 11:11:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017292/posts The commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific has called on China to give up any plans to develop what he calls "high-end military options," and says the United States has no intention of abandoning its position as the leading military power in Asia.Admiral Keating says Chinese leaders should not expect to be able to become Asia's dominant military power."It is absolutely essential for us to continue efforts to engage our Chinese colleagues in dialogue, to exchange personnel, to share tactics, techniques and procedures primarily to ensure they understand our preeminent role as the dominating military in the Pacific, our... Voanew.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017292/posts#comment Sat, 17 May 2008 11:42:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016791/posts The United States has warned Beijing over reported use of Chinese weapons by insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as the Asian giant's continued sale of arms to Iran, Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte said Thursday. He said he conveyed the concerns personally to Chinese officials during his visit to Beijing this week. "Just the other day, Monday, when I was in Beijing, this was one of the issues I raised -- concern about Chinese weapons or Chinese-designed weapons showing up in some of these battle areas, be it Iraq or Afghanistan," he told a congressional hearing on... spacewar.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016791/posts#comment Fri, 16 May 2008 11:59:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2007600/posts My name is Jessie from the United States; I am 30-years-old,i`m a career woman. I work in an insurance company, learning Chinese almost a year. China's Tibet after the incident, I have read many Chinese sites, though not all understand, but a year of learning is not wasted. I found that our own media reports in China and Tibet there are many things inconsistent, in some cases are completely reversed the facts, when I heard C-N-N's Jack Cafferty with the insulting remarks at a shame, I do not know Whether they live in a stress on democracy and freedom, speaking... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2007600/posts#comment Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:02:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006396/posts A Chinese primary school teacher and a beautician have filed a suit against CNN in New York over remarks they say insulted the Chinese people and are seeking $1.3 billion in compensation -- $1 per person in China, a Hong Kong newspaper reported. The case against the Atlanta-based cable channel, its parent company Turner Broadcasting and Jack Cafferty, the offending commentator, comes after 14 lawyers launched a similar suit in Beijing alleging that Cafferty's remarks earlier this month violated the dignity and reputation of the Chinese people. Cafferty said the United States imported Chinese-made "junk with the lead paint on... Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006396/posts#comment Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:27:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005505/posts China's stock market has lost half its value since October in one of the most spectacular bear markets of the last half century, eliminating $2.5 trillion (£1.25 trillion) of paper wealth. Chinese investors suffer in price crash A report by UBS said Chinese exporters had so far proved immune to the US slowdown The Shanghai Composite briefly fell below the key psychological level of 3,000 yesterday, down 50pc from its peak. The near panic sales over recent weeks have caused heavy losses for millions of Chinese savers who jumped into the market at the top of the boom, but this... Telegraph.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005505/posts#comment Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:59:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2003653/posts American Chinese and Chinese students across the United States have been voluntarily and spontaneously staging a series of peaceful protests against the Dalai Lama's separatist activities as he tours the country. "Wherever Dalai goes, he will always meet protests from Chinese people and all peace-loving folks," Ge Yan, a Chinese student studying in Minnesota, told Xinhua on Friday. During the Dalai Lama's stop in Rochester, Minnesota, on Wednesday, some 200 Chinese Americans and Chinese students lined up on the streets, condemning the Dalai clique's attempts to sabotage the Beijing Olympics and expressing firm support for the Games and the torch... Xinhua http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2003653/posts#comment Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:34:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000220/posts Tibetan Government-in-exile denounced China's dumping of nuclear waste in Tibet way back in 1980s. In 1987 His Holiness the Dalai Lama released the Five Point Peace Plan for Tibet, the fourth point in this plan called for: Restoration and protection of Tibet's natural environment and the abandonment of China's use of Tibet for the production of nuclear weapons and dumping of nuclear waste. Tibetan government-in-exile's consistent condemnation of China's storing of nuclear waste in Tibet was reckoned with skepticism by the international media. The existence of nuclear waste was denounced by His Holiness the Dalai Lama at a press conference... The Government of Tibet in Exile http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000220/posts#comment Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:48:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1998542/posts Tibetans have a strong case against Beijing. But mixing it in with the Olympics and Darfur is a red rag to a wounded young bull. Nationalism is more often aroused by setbacks than success, so the Tibet problems and the possible threats to a triumphal Olympics are stirring it in China. On the horizon is the possibility that these will combine with high inflation, stagnating exports and trade tensions with the United States to create a perfect nationalistic storm. The Chinese leadership faces a difficult balancing act. As its legitimacy is now based on national achievement, not communist ideology, it... International Herald Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1998542/posts#comment Tue, 8 Apr 2008 17:55:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1997913/posts Officials put out Olympic torch 3 times By JEROME PUGMIRE and ELAINE GANLEY, Associated Press Writers 1 hour, 12 minutes ago Security officials extinguished the Olympic torch three times Monday as protests against China's human rights record turned a relay through Paris into a chaotic series of stops and starts. Despite massive security, at least two activists got within almost an arm's length of the flame before they were grabbed by police. Officers tackled many protesters and carried off some of them. A protester threw water at the torch but failed to extinguish it and was also taken away. At... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1997913/posts#comment Mon, 7 Apr 2008 14:58:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1997845/posts 500 protest Olympic torch relay in Paris By JEROME PUGMIRE and ELAINE GANLEY, Associated Press Writers 49 minutes ago Paris became the stage Monday for the latest round of global protests against China, with thousands of police deployed to protect the Olympic torch relay after chaos in London the day before. About 500 protesters congregated at the Trocadero Square, which faces the Eiffel Tower, the relay's start-point. They carried signs reading "Save Tibet," and "Act fast, Tibet is dying." Across town, City Hall was draped with a banner reading, "Paris defends human rights around the world." In London on Sunday,... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1997845/posts#comment Mon, 7 Apr 2008 11:37:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1997371/posts BEIJING (AP) — Police fired on hundreds of protesters in a Tibetan area of western China, killing eight people, overseas activist groups said. State media reported one government official was seriously injured in what it called a riot. Two monks also committed suicide late last month because of government oppression, another Tibetan activist group said Saturday. The reports indicate that unrest is continuing in China's Tibetan areas despite a massive security presence in place since anti-government demonstrations in Tibet's capital, Lhasa, and neighboring provinces broke out in mid-March. The protests are the longest and most sustained challenge to China's 57-year... Google/Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1997371/posts#comment Sun, 6 Apr 2008 00:07:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1996030/posts Prosecutors called Chi Mak the "perfect sleeper agent," though he hardly looked the part. For two decades, the bespectacled Chinese-born engineer lived quietly with his wife in a Los Angeles suburb, buying a house and holding a steady job with a U.S. defense contractor, which rewarded him with promotions and a security clearance. Colleagues remembered him as a hard worker who often took paperwork home at night. Eventually, Mak's job gave him access to sensitive plans for Navy ships, submarines and weapons. These he secretly copied and sent via courier to China -- fulfilling a mission that U.S. officials say... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1996030/posts#comment Thu, 3 Apr 2008 13:45:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992566/posts Tibetan monks shouting pro-independence slogans caught Chinese officials by surprise Thursday during a highly scripted tour for Western journalists in Lhasa’s central Buddhist temple, disrupting China’s effort to portray the recent Tibetan rioting as the work of violent criminal thugs and separatists. “Tibet is not free! Tibet is not free!” yelled one young Buddhist monk, who then started crying, according to an Associated Press correspondent in the tour. Government handlers shouted for the journalists to leave and tried to pull them away during the 15-minute protest by about 30 monks at the Jokhang Monastery in central Lhasa. It was unclear... NYT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992566/posts#comment Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:43:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1991892/posts Countries urged to see 'true face' of Dalai Lama By Qin Jize (China Daily) Updated: 2008-03-26 07:10 Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang yesterday again urged the international community to see the Dalai Lama's "true face" and offer no support for his secessionist activities. Qin made the remarks in response to US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's recent call for China to consider a new policy to address the Tibet issue and to start talks with the Dalai Lama. US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi also visited the Dalai Lama last week. Qin said the position of just a few... China Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1991892/posts#comment Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:54:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1991863/posts China on Wednesday expressed its "grave concern and strong displeasure" over what the United States said was an accidental shipment of ballistic missile components to Taiwan. China has asked the United States "to thoroughly investigate this incident, and report their findings to the Chinese side in a timely, truthful and detailed manner," Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said in a statement on the ministry's Web site. "We once again remind the United States to abide by the Sino-U.S. joint communique of August 17, and cease arm sales to Taiwan and contact with the Taiwanese military, in order to avoid damaging... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1991863/posts#comment Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:15:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1991185/posts The long-suffering Tibetans have been in the news. This happens perhaps once or twice a decade. In a more moral world, however, public opinion would be far more preoccupied with Tibetans than with Palestinians, would be as harsh on China as it is on Israel, and would be as fawning on Israel as it now is on China. But, alas, the world is, as it has always been, a largely mean-spirited and morally insensitive place, where might is far more highly regarded than right. Consider the facts: Tibet, at least 1,400 years old, is one of the world's oldest nations,... Frontpagemagazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1991185/posts#comment Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:48:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990871/posts A Chinese-born engineer convicted of conspiracy to export U.S. defense technology to China was sentenced Monday to 24 1/2 years in federal prison by a judge who said the defendant betrayed his adopted country. Chi Mak, 67, who worked on naval propulsion systems, was also convicted of acting as an unregistered foreign agent, attempting to violate export control laws and making false statements to the FBI. Federal prosecutors asked for 30 years, while Mak's defense team proposed 10 years. There is no parole in the federal prison system. Mak asked U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney for leniency before sentencing.... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990871/posts#comment Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:59:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990748/posts WE HAVE recently witnessed violent protests in Tibet. I support the struggle of the people of Tibet. The question that arises now is what is the case all about and how is India affected by this conflict? Recently, Indian Prime Minister visited Arunachal Pradesh. While addressing a rally in Itanagar, he said that Arunachal Pradesh is India’s land of rising sun. China lodged its protest on Manmohan Singh’s assertion over this claim of India. China has always said that Arunachal Pradesh is part of China. Officials on Indian side are numb since then over an issue, which has potential to... merinews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990748/posts#comment Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:11:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990314/posts This is the aspect of China that does not seem to change, despite our liberal progressive conviction that it must. In the 1990s, China watchers insisted it was only a matter of time before China opened. It was precisely this current generation of technocrats, not schooled in Soviet-style communism, who were supposed to begin reforming the system. Even if they didn't want to reform, the requirement of a liberalizing economy would leave them no choice: The growing Chinese middle class would demand greater political power, or the demands of a globalized economy in the age of the Internet would force... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990314/posts#comment Sun, 23 Mar 2008 18:32:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990111/posts Nearly six decades of struggle against the might of China has taught the Tibetans one thing: Ask the world for little, expect less. As Tibetans rose up in recent weeks against China's harsh rule over the Himalayan region and China sent forces to quell the protests, Tibet's government-in exile-sent its envoys to far-flung capitals with appeals for help. But guided by the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, they kept their requests modest. They know few countries have the appetite to cross China, particularly at a time the world is counting on the emerging superpower to keep the global economy... AP/Google http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990111/posts#comment Sun, 23 Mar 2008 02:11:39 GMT