By OnTheWeb Saturday, May 3, 2008
The recent glimpses of a snarling China should scare the country’s government as much as the world
“Made in China”By OnTheWeb Thursday, May 1, 2008
Ros Prynn, Newsblaze.com
The heavy boot of Chinese oppression continues to stomp on free enterprise. A few days ago, I found a story on the BBC site that highlights the insidious creep of the all-encompassing influence of the party faithful in China:
By OnTheWeb Thursday, May 1, 2008
Thousands of children are being sold “like cabbages” to China’s booming factories as virtual slave labour.
Boycott the Summer Olympic Opening Ceremonies in ChinaBy Christian Newswire Wednesday, April 23, 2008
The group will have a news conference, prayer vigil and peaceful civil disobedience on Thursday, April 24, at 11:30 A.M., on Pennsylvania Ave. in front of the White House.
Visiting China: for Trade or Charade?By OnTheWeb Thursday, April 10, 2008
TORONTO—(Epoch Times) A series of planned trips to China by elected officials in Canada has prompted concern over what message our country is sending the Chinese regime as reports of human rights abuses continue to pour out of that country in the lead up to the Beijing Olympic Games.
Tibet Repression Shadows Mayor’s China TripBy OnTheWeb Thursday, April 10, 2008
When Toronto Mayor David Miller departs for China next weekend, he’s likely to be joined by a prominent supporter of the Chinese regime’s crackdown in Tibet.
Dropping the Olympic TorchBy Alan Caruba Wednesday, April 9, 2008
I confess I have been enjoying scenes of mayhem as the Olympic torch, destination China, gets doused and various runners find themselves in the middle of bedlam.
Falun Gong Deaths Escalate as Olympics ApproachBy OnTheWeb Friday, April 4, 2008
The Falun Dafa Information Center is alarmed at a series of reports indicating adherents in China are being killed in custody within days, or even hours, of being detained by authorities. The Center expressed today that the escalating maltreatment is a direct result of efforts to “stamp out” Falun Gong prior to the summer Olympics.
China untouchable by UN rights council: activistsBy OnTheWeb Thursday, March 27, 2008
China remains untouchable by the UN Human Rights Council, with Beijing to emerge unscathed from the current session despite widespread criticism of its crackdown in Tibet, activists and diplomats say.
China hits back at US on rightsBy OnTheWeb Sunday, March 16, 2008
China has accused the US of double standards over human rights in response to an official US report which labelled Beijing an authoritarian regime.
Chinese Regime’s Mass Arrests of Practitioners of Falun GongBy OnTheWeb Sunday, March 16, 2008
Ottawa - Members of the Canadian Falun Gong community and supporters will protest in front of Chinese consulate and Embassies across Canada to call on the international community for their attention and action in the wake of reports of 1878 arrests of Falun Gong practitioners throughout China since January as authorities step up efforts to “stamp out” the practice before the Olympic Games
Hundreds of Falun Gong Adherents Arrested in “Preparation” for OlympicsBy OnTheWeb Wednesday, March 12, 2008
NEW YORK – Chinese security agencies have been conducting large-scale arrests of Falun Gong adherents throughout China in recent months as authorities step up efforts to “stamp out” the practice in advance of the Olympic Games, in August, the Falun Dafa Information Center reported today.
Now Archbishop Desmond Tutu urges boycott of Beijing Olympics over China’s failure to act in DarfurBy OnTheWeb Saturday, February 16, 2008
Archbishop Desmond Tutu warned China could face an international boycott of the Beijing Olympics if they did not move to end the atrocities in Darfur.
Steven Spielberg shuns Olympics in ChinaBy OnTheWeb Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Steven Spielberg, the Hollywood film director, announced he was pulling out of his involvement with this year’s Beijing Olympics in protest at China’s role in atrocities in Darfur.
Japanese official says contamination of Chinese dumplings probably deliberateBy OnTheWeb Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Japan’s health minister says pesticide-laced Chinese dumplings that sickened at least 10 people in Japan and triggered a nationwide scare were probably poisoned deliberately
For foreign investors, China is yesterday’s heroBy OnTheWeb Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Multinational corporations are diversifying their new investments away from “the world’s factory”, China, in response to rapidly rising labour costs, shaky legal protections and fear of anti-Japanese sentiment.
By OnTheWeb Wednesday, January 30, 2008
When state security agents burst into his apartment last month, Hu Jia was chatting on Skype, the Internet-based telephone system. Mr. Hu’s computer was his most potent tool. He disseminated information about human rights cases, peasant protests and other politically touchy topics even though he often lived under de facto house arrest.
Claim: Tibet keeps Prince Charles from OlympicsBy OnTheWeb Monday, January 28, 2008
Prince Charles will not be at the opening ceremony of this year’s Olympic Games in Beijing, he told a group that campaigns against human rights abuses in Tibet in a letter disclosed today.
Beware of Chinese Bearing GiftsBy Nancy Salvato Monday, December 31, 2007
China makes the little voice inside my head nervous. China has surpassed India in having the largest population in the world with no other country coming remotely close to a billion in number.
China Security Issued Blacklist of Types of People to be Barred from Attending Olympic GamesBy Christian Newswire Friday, November 9, 2007
CAA learned from reliable internal Chinese government sources that in April of 2007, the Ministry of Public Security of the Chinese government issued a general nation-wide order, requiring strict examinations on all people both in China and overseas who will participate in the Olympic Games. These include members of the Olympic Committee, athletes, media and sponsors. With this, they also provide a list of 43 types of people in 11 categories to be barred from attending the Olympic Games.
Florida city proposes ban on goods from ChinaBy OnTheWeb Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Interestng piece from the web…
By Tom Leonard www.telegraph.co.uk
A Florida city may become the first in America to ban Chinese products amid mounting national concern about the Asian giant’s effect on the US economy.
