AP foreign, Saturday May 10 2008
By JOE McDONALD
Associated Press Writer
BEIJING (AP) - China faces mounting appeals to prod cyclone-ravaged Myanmar to allow access to foreign aid workers but is giving no sign it will use its influence over its ally, insisting instead that the world respect the military junta’s sovereignty.
Event to raise awareness of human rights in China
By PAUL TURENNE, SUN MEDIA
The Global Human Rights Torch will “arrive” in Winnipeg this Friday, and along with it will come demands for the Chinese government to improve its human rights record ahead of this summer’s Olympics.
12 May 2008, 0044 hrs IST,
Shobhan Saxena
Many Chinese bloggers are a bit confused about what’s happening in their country. Even as the Tibet issue rages on, the Uighurs revolt in Xinjiang and the ghost of Tiananmen comes back to haunt Beijing, the “patriotic” bloggers are wondering what’s the fuss all about. Behind the veil of glitzy malls and shining roads of Shanghai, Beijing and some other showcase cities on its coast, China’s rotting core has been on a boil for some time.
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Sichuan woman eighth Falun Gong practitioner to die from maltreatment while held unlawfully in Chinese hospital
By Hong Mei/The Epoch Times
May 05, 2008
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