Court blocks Quake-Deaths Suit in China
Parents of some of the thousands of children killed in school collapses during China’s massive earthquake in May said a court has rejected their lawsuit alleging shoddy construction was to blame for the deaths
Taiwan party labels ‘panda diplomacy’ propaganda
Legislative aides from Taiwan’s pro-independence opposition donned panda suits Wednesday, part of a public relations effort by anti-China lawmakers to paint the mainland’s panda gift as a stalking horse for its
Taiwan party labels ‘panda diplomacy’ propaganda
Legislative aides from Taiwan’s pro-independence opposition donned panda suits Wednesday, part of a public relations effort by anti-China lawmakers to paint the mainland’s panda gift as a stalking horse for its
Report confirms two arrests, five tortured to death in Tibet
According to the report, while an unnamed Tibetan youth was arrested in Lhasa on 20 November for raising slogan of Tibet’s independence, the reason for the arrest of Khenpo Jampa Gyaltsen, abbot of Woeser monastery in Markham County of
Life term for Tibet activist condemned
A life sentence given to a former Tibetan monk alleged to have taken part in protests this year was an “injustice”, according to associates. Wangdu, 41, who had been a HIV/Aids project officer with the Burnet Institute, a leading Australian medical