onsdag 17. august 2011

mandag 15. august 2011

onsdag 10. august 2011

China's first aircraft carrier 'starts sea trials'

BBC News | The Chinese navy's first aircraft carrier has begun its sea trials, the state-run Xinhua news agency has said. It quoted military sources as saying that the refitted former Soviet warship left its shipyard in the north-east and the trial "would not take a long time". The move is likely to raise fresh concerns over China's rapid military build-up.

tirsdag 9. august 2011

China's New Lucrative Business: Dead Babies Turn into Stamina Booster Pills

[Dette er desverre ikke overraskende og knytter inn mot organhøstsaken som advokat Matas og forhenv. kanadisk utenriksminister Kilgour har advaret om gjennom etterhvert mange år, og relatert har man også skandalene rundt 'Bodies'-utstillingene som har kjørt i vesten de siste årene - se her og her. Likene Gunther von Hagens har brukt til sine utstillinger kommer fra fengselssystemet i byen Dalian i Kina, og det er verdt å merke seg at nettopp denne by er beryktet for den voldsomme forfølgelse og de mange drap som har forekommet på Falun Gong-utøvere i byens fengsels-institusjoner. Anm. Christoffer Brekne]

International Business Times | A South Korean SBS TV documentary team accuses Chinese pharmaceutical companies of selling dead baby pills as stamina boosters.

lørdag 6. august 2011

Chinese “Urban Management” Violence Assists the Regime

The Epoch Times | The City Urban Administrative and Law Enforcement Bureau is a local government agency established in every Chinese city. The locals call it “chengguan.” It is notorious for using violence to enforce the law.

fredag 5. august 2011

Red, Delicious, and Rotten

Foreign Policy | How Apple conquered China and learned to think like the Communist Party.

mandag 18. juli 2011

Kommunist-Kinas sårede følelser...

DFs Ugebrev | I 44 minutter sad USA's præsident Obama og fik sig en snak med Tibets åndelige leder, Dalai Lama. Præsidenten havde selvfølgelig budt ham indenfor i Det Hvide Hus i Washington. Jeg skriver "selvfølgelig" - for i USA er det naturligvis en selvfølge, at når et karismatisk menneske af Dalai Lamas karat er på besøg i landet - ja, så tager præsidenten sig tid til en samtale med ham.

fredag 15. juli 2011

Rich in China get richer only faster

The Guardian | From bikes to Bentleys in a generation: carmakers head east to sell luxury marquesFrom bikes to Bentleys in a generation: carmakers head east to sell luxury marques.

China Missle Sales

The Washington Times | Newly released classified documents reveal China’s continued violations of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) with sales of missiles and parts to Iran, Syria and Pakistan.

tirsdag 12. juli 2011

Gao Zhisheng's Brother Speaks Out

The Epoch Times | Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng was disappeared once more by the authorities 15 months ago, after a short reprieve last April. At that time Gao was allowed to meet with journalists and tell parts of his story, but since then there has been no official word on his case, and his family is becoming increasingly upset and frustrated.

China jails 6 over migrant workers' riot in south

The Guardian | A Chinese court has sentenced six people to jail for their involvement in a three-day riot in the country's south by migrant factory workers enraged by the reported beating of a street vendor.

mandag 11. juli 2011

Keep the Pressure Up About Human Rights in China: Rights Lawyer

The Epoch Times | Australians should keep the pressure up on China about human rights abuses recommends international human rights lawyer and Nobel Peace Prize nominee, David Matas.

Speaking at the Sydney launch of Chinese and English versions of his book Bloody Harvest: The Killing of Falun Gong for their Organs, Mr Matas said although it appeared that there had been little change since the first report on organ harvesting in 2006, Chinese authorities had responded to pressure.

Architect of Falun Gong Persecution Rumored Dead

Canada Free Press | If rumors of former Chinese Communist Party head Jiang Zemin’s death prove true, in the coming days, the world’s media will debate his legacy. For hundreds of millions, Jiang will mostly be remembered as the architect of the most systematic, deadly, and protracted assault on Chinese citizens in decades: the persecution of Falun Gong.

søndag 10. juli 2011

Guangzhou South Station: Something Out of a Zombie Movie

Sovereign Man | When I left my hotel bound for the new Guangzhou South Station the other day , I didn’t know much about the station– where it was, how far from the hotel, etc. After about 25 or 30 minutes in the cab, I still hadn’t seen any signs for the station and grew concerned that the cabbie was just taking me for a ride.

U.S. caught China buying more debt than disclosed

Reuters | The rules of Treasury auctions may not sound like the stuff of high-stakes diplomacy. But a little-noticed 2009 change in how Washington sells its debt sheds new light on America's delicate balancing act with its biggest creditor, China.