Moolenaar, Smith: DOJ Must Launch Probe Into Vandalism of California Museum https://chinaselectcommittee.house.gov/media/letters/moolenaar-smith-doj-must-launch-probe-into-vandalism-of-california-museum Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) of the House Select Committee on China (SCC) and Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), sent a letter to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. In the letter, the lawmakers requested that the Department of Justice (DOJ) investigate the recent vandalism of a California museum honoring the victims of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, and any ties linking the crime to the […]
Wu Huayan ate only rice and chillies in order to save money to help her sick brother A severely malnourished student who survived on just 2 yuan ($0.30, £0.20) per day for years to support her brother has died, Chinese media say. Wu Huayan’s plight shocked China when pictures of the young woman, who weighed just over 20kg (43lb), emerged last year. She was admitted to hospital with breathing problems in October 2019. Donations flooded in to help her […]
London (CNN Business)At least 250 journalists were in jail in relation to their work as of December 1, nonprofit group the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday, naming China, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Egypt the biggest jailers of journalists. The group found that the majority were imprisoned on “anti-state charges.” In a new report, the Committee to Protect Journalists found that the number of journalists charged with “false news” rose this year, with 30 in jail in 2019, compared with […]
1 November 2019 The protests began in June, and show little sign of stopping China’s leaders are signalling that they are preparing to change how they deal with Hong Kong, following months of pro-democracy protests. Shen Chunyao, director of the Hong Kong, Macau and Basic Law Commission, told reporters they were looking at ways to “perfect” […]
By Dimsumdaily Hong Kong 12:42AM Sat October 5, 2019 MOSTown, Ma On Shan 5th October 2019 – (Hong Kong) Clashes broke out at multiple districts yesterday evening including Wong Tai Sin, Sha Tin, TST and Causeway Bay and Wan Chai etc. Many protesters gathered at different locations including MOSTown in Ma On Shan to recite the new manifesto for ‘Hong Kong Provisional Government’. It seems like the protesters have plans to topple the existing government of Hong Kong. Excerpt from […]