May 13, 2008
May 12, 2008
Metro group protests Chinese human rights policies
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Santiago Esparza / The Detroit News
DETROIT — A small number of human rights activists appalled by what they call abuses by the Chinese government, or supported by that government, protested Saturday at Grand Circus Park in Detroit.
The peaceful protest of about 40 included a walk around the blocks that encompassed the park.
May 11, 2008
China reluctant to prod Myanmar over aid
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.
Winnipeg welcomes Human Rights Torch
Swarms of socially conscious locals have officially joined an international effort to halt Chinese human rights violations prior to the upcoming Olympic Games in Beijing.
United by force
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.
Human rights activists in Detroit protest Chinese government
3:32 PM CDT, May 10, 2008
Associated Press
DETROIT - About 40 human rights activists marched downtown to protest what they call human rights abuses by the Chinese government or those supported by it.