China - Regime
Tibetan AIDS Activist Detained for Over Six Months
Oct 12, 2008, 5:00 pmA former monk and protester was arrested in March 2008. His whereabouts remain unknown and local police claim ignorance about the case.
More Candy Taken Off Shelves in China
Oct 12, 2008, 7:00 amAnother San Lu brand candy has been taken off the shelves in China. Tests appear to be inconclusive at this time.
Voice ID: Extra Astronaut in Shenzhou VII
Oct 11, 2008, 11:00 amVoice analysis of the space walk video indicates that there was a fourth astronaut on board Shenzhou VII.
Hundreds Protest Outside Party’s Plenary Session in China
Oct 10, 2008, 5:00 amThe third Plenary Session of the 17th Communist Party of China Central Committee, was planned to last four days and started in Beijing’s Jingxi Hotel on Oct. 9. Over 100 appellants from across the country were outside the hotel hoping to express their pleas to party representatives but were quickly apprehended by Beijing police before they even reached the location where the session was to be held.
China’s Central Bank Denies Plan to Buy U.S. Treasury Bonds
Oct 9, 2008, 6:00 pmChina denied would buy up to $200 billion in U.S. Treasury bonds to help finance the $700 billion rescue package.
Civilians Successfully Daub Government Doorplates
Oct 9, 2008, 9:00 amChina Interim Government is claiming credit for the removal of characters from the CCP's nameplates.
Melamine Contamination in Powdered Milk Test: 6,196 ppm
Oct 8, 2008, 2:00 pmA Chinese agency report indicates that one Sanlu product had a melamine content 2500 times the FDA safe level.
Lawyers Pressured to Stop Defending Tainted-Milk Victims
Oct 8, 2008, 12:00 pmMany hundreds of parents have requested a group of volunteer attorneys to file a class action lawsuit against the Sanlu Group for their children victims hospital bills and associated costs. The Volunteer lawyers are being pressured by provincial officials and local legal associations to withdraw from this effort.
Chinese Space Walk Filmed in Water, Say Chinese Bloggers
Oct 7, 2008, 6:00 pmSome Chinese bloggers think they see evidence that the spacewalk broadcast on CCTV was faked.
Parents Outraged by Officials’ Milk Safety Propaganda, More Quit the Party
Oct 7, 2008, 6:00 pmChinese safety officials drink milk in public to convince Chinese residents melamine scare is over.
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