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Canadian Reporter Barred From Luncheon With Visiting Chinese Official

A member of the Parliament Hill press gallery was barred from attending a Tuesday luncheon with China's foreign minister in a move reminiscent of a similar incident in 2005 when the same business lobby barred reporters from two media outlets from a dinner event welcoming Chinese leader Hu Jintao.

Former Chinese Ambassador to Canada Describes Efforts to Influence Conservatives’ Stance on Ch

TORONTO—On the eve of Chinese foreign minister Yang Jiechi’s visit to Canada, one former Chinese ambassador addressed a gathering at the Chinese consulate in Toronto to describe his behind-the-scenes work to influence the Conservative government’s stance on China, according to a report in a Chinese-language newspaper.

Editor Dismissed Over Pro-Beijing Edits, Say Sources

TORONTO—The top editor of Toronto’s Sing Tao Daily was fired after he edited out criticisms of the Chinese regime from a front-page story published during the thick of the heavily repressed protests in Tibet last year, sources have told The Epoch Times.

The Right Medicine for Health Care Reform

Dear Mr. President: Thanks for your focus on health care reform in the recently released budget. We, the patients and providers of America, appreciate the details on what you are proposing. But please be careful: We need to give the right medicine for lasting health care reform. Otherwise, we risk making the problem worse.

The Rise and Fall of ‘Chinese Warren Buffet’

Four months ago, life was good for Weizhen Tang. It was December and the so-called “Chinese Warren Buffet” was welcomed at Beijing’s Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, a site traditionally reserved for visiting foreign officials.

Parliamentarians Meeting With Chinese Delegation on Tibet Asked to Raise Chinese Consul’s Expulsion

NTDTV and The Epoch Times are asking parliamentarians who will meet today with official Chinese delegates representing Tibet to remind them of Canada's standards for press freedom. The meeting is scheduled to take place on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.

Canadian journalists booted from Chinese consulate press event in Toronto

By Matthew Little, Epoch Times Staff TORONTO—At a press conference hosted by the Chinese consulate at a Toronto hotel on Friday, organizers expelled several invited reporters they deemed unfriendly. The event had aimed to counter the regime's reputation of censorship and repression in Tibet.

Chinese Regime Strengthens Infiltration of Western Mainstream Media

During the week before the 2009 Chinese New Year, the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) Political Bureau Central Committee held a meeting to discuss propaganda campaigns outside China for the upcoming year.

Ming Pao Daily Closes Western U.S. Operations

- Joan Delaney Following on the heels of the closure of its eastern U.S. edition at the end of January, the Chinese newspaper Ming Pao Daily News is now folding its western U.S. operations based in San Francisco.

UN Slams Chinese Regime in Torture Review

By Charlotte Cuthbertson Epoch Times Staff In what has been labeled a “rare move”, the United Nations (UN) has directly called the Chinese regime to account for its extensive human rights violations.

MI5 Discover Al-Qaeda Buying Ambulances on Ebay

Gordon Thomas London—MI5 have warned Britain’s cash-strapped National Health Services that dozens of ambulances–along with old police cars and fire engines past their sell-by date–are being snapped up by al-Qaeda operatives in the United Kingdom to mount suicide bomb attacks.

Chinese Consulates Use Chinese Associations to Silence Dissent

By Joshua Philipp Epoch Times Staff NEW YORK—Bizarre incidents have been afoot in Flushing, a city on the outskirts of Manhattan, as organized attacks against Falun Gong practitioners began taking place over five months ago.

Canada’s CBC Accused of Kowtowing to Chinese Regime—Again

By Matthew Little, Epoch Times Toronto Staff Canada’s national public broadcaster is being accused of bowing to pressure from Beijing for a second time after it produced and aired a one-sided exposé smearing Falun Gong, a spiritual group persecuted in China. The program aired last week.

FDA Gaps Leave U.S. Vulnerable to Melamine Contamination

By Genevieve Long, Epoch Times Staff Melamine-contaminated ingredients and products from China may be on their way to or already in the hands of U.S. consumers. But the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the government entity which monitors the importing of dairy products, is not well-positioned to find, detain, or remove most contaminated products.

Anger as China Quake Donations Left Sitting in Bank

By Matthew Little and Jason Loftus, Epoch Times Toronto Staff TORONTO—Anger has erupted in Toronto’s Chinese community after news that money donated in the aftermath of the Sichuan earthquake sat in a local bank account for nearly four months.

Alert:National Ice Center says satellites interpreting Arctic ice as open water!

From tomnelson.blogspot.com One reason why your boat may not be able to pass through an allegedly ice-free area...

IOC Wants Gymnasts’ Ages Investigated

By Sonya Bryskine & Jan Jekielek, Epoch Times Staff The International Olympic Committee (IOC) confirmed to The Epoch Times today that it has asked the International Gymnastics Federation to investigate the Chinese gymnastics underage fiasco, following new evidence that at least two gymnasts competed under the legal age in the Olympics.

Chinese Gymnasts Aged 14, Official Document Shows

Jan Jekielek & Anna Yang, Epoch Times Staff Update: Please see our updated article on the Chinese gymnasts' age scandal. An official Chinese government document unearthed today provides further evidence in the ongoing scandal that China's gold winning women's gymnastic girls are just that – girls. The document, first discovered by a search engine hacker who goes by the alias of stryde.hax lists birthdates and hometowns for hundreds of China’s gymnasts. The document, a spreadsheet titled “2006 Nationwide Gymnastics Registration Table,” is dated February 20, 2006 and lists two members of China's women’s gymnastics, Yang Yilin and He Kexin, as being only 14 years old. To compete, a gymnast is required to turn 16 in the year the Games are held.

New Chinese Olympic Fake: ‘Cardboard Piano’

By Anna Yang, Epoch Times Staff First the fake fireworks used at the Olympic Opening Ceremony were revealed, then the lip syncing nine year old, and now a fake piano? Immediately after the ceremony, some Chinese internet bloggers started questioning whether world-renowned Chinese pianist Lang Lang and five-year-old Li Muzi were “playing” an actual piano or not.

Is Beijing trying to frame Falun Gong for American’s murder?

By Jason Loftus & Stephen Gregory, Epoch Times Staff Aug 13, 2008 The murder Saturday in Beijing of American tourist Todd Bachman, a relative of the U.S. Olympic volleyball coach, grabbed the world’s attention just as Games were getting underway. The Chinese regime’s official media, Xinhua, was quick to dismiss the killing as the random act of a depressed man, whom they identified as Mr. Tang Yongming.