mandag 26. juni 2017
We participated in talks with North Korean representatives. This is what we learned.
Liu Xiaobo overført til sykehus – har uhelbredelig kreft
Liu Xiaobos venn: – Myndighetene har løyet for oss
Kinesiske myndigheter har løyet for oss om Liu Xiaobos helsetilstand, hevder hans nære venn og støttespiller Hu Jia.Aktivisten og menneskerettighetsforkjemperen er opprørt og trist over nyheten om at Liu Xiaobo er dødssyk og ikke har lenge igjen å leve. – Helt frem til nå har vi fått forsikringer om at hans mentale og fysiske helse i fengselet var god. Når vi nå hører at han er dødssyk fremstår alle tidligere forsikringer som løgner, sier Hu Jia til NRK.
Uyghurs Rally Around Language in Face of Pressures From China
The UHRP and other exile organizations launched International Uyghur Language Day in 2015 “to celebrate the vibrancy and richness of the Uyghur language” and celebrate contributions to humanity by Uyghur scientists, philosophers and poets, UHRP Director Omer Kanat said in a statement.
Hong Kong handover: The protest symbols China's scared of
Since both the Umbrella Movement and government-led political reform ended in failure, there have been growing demands in the city for full independence from China. Few things are more likely to rile up Chinese leaders than talk of separatism, be it in Hong Kong, Tibet or Taiwan -- a self-governing island that has been de facto independent for decades but is still claimed by Beijing. A bizarre propaganda video published last year by Chinese legal officials warned that those advocating Hong Kong or Taiwanese independence would transform peaceful China into war ridden Syria or Iraq.
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Bloodied and broken: Rising toll of Philippines' war with ISIS
During the rainy season on the southern Philippines island of Mindanao, storms are foreshadowed by flashes of lightning in the distance, visible above the treetops. When the rain finally comes, it is a vicious, torrential downpour, which ends as abruptly as it begins.While the rains come and go, the flow of wounded into a military hospital in the north of the island does not. Just as two ambulances pull into the hospital at Camp Evangelista in Cagayan de Oro, the skies once again open up, muddying the dirt courtyard. They discharge yet another 10 soldiers, wounded in what is becoming a bloody, protracted insurgency by ISIS-affiliated militants.
søndag 25. juni 2017
Torbjørn Færøvik: "Vil dere ikke spise, så skal dere. Det er en nasjonal plikt å spise!"
”Vil dere ikke spise, så skal dere. Det er en nasjonal plikt å spise!”
Beskjeden var klar da det kinesiske kommunistpartiet i mai innkalte til massemøte på torget i Hotan. Byen ligger i Kinas vestlige del, i den muslimsk-dominerte Xinjiang-regionen. Ramadan, den årlige fastemåneden, sto for døren. Fra buldrende høyttalere ble tilhørerne, mest offentlig ansatte, befalt å gi avkall på en gammel religiøs tradisjon.
Xi Jinping to visit Hong Kong for 20th anniversary of handover
A Buddhist Leader on China’s Spiritual Needs
During a visit last fall to the Temple of Great Awakening, the sprawling complex built by the Buddhist organization Fo Guang Shan in Yixing, we were greeted by an unexpected host: the Venerable Master Hsing Yun, the group’s founder and one of modern China’s most prominent religious figures.
Master Hsing Yun established Fo Guang Shan, or Buddha’s Light Mountain, in Taiwan. But he was visiting mainland China to attend a ceremony and had stopped by the temple to inspect the construction of a new hall. At 89, he is mostly blind and suffers from diabetes, but he spoke with us for more than an hour, adeptly responding to questions that the authorities might find objectionable, including any suggestion that Fo Guang Shan is proselytizing in mainland China.
Master Hsing Yun established Fo Guang Shan, or Buddha’s Light Mountain, in Taiwan. But he was visiting mainland China to attend a ceremony and had stopped by the temple to inspect the construction of a new hall. At 89, he is mostly blind and suffers from diabetes, but he spoke with us for more than an hour, adeptly responding to questions that the authorities might find objectionable, including any suggestion that Fo Guang Shan is proselytizing in mainland China.
Is a Buddhist Group Changing China? Or Is China Changing It?
For most of her life, Shen Ying was disappointed by the world she saw around her. She watched China’s economic rise in this small city in the Yangtze River Valley, and she found a foothold in the new middle class, running a convenience store in a strip mall. Yet prosperity felt hollow. She worried about losing her shop if she didn’t wine and dine and pay off the right officials. Recurring scandals about unsafe food or tainted infant formula made by once-reputable companies upset her. She recalled the values her father had tried to instill in her — honesty, thrift, righteousness — but she said there seemed no way to live by them in China today. “You just feel disappointed at some of the dishonest conduct in society,” she said.
Blogger Who Compiled Reports of Protests, Demonstrations Stands Trial in China's Yunnan
Lu, who recently refused food and water in protest at alleged mistreatment in a police-run detention center, stands accused of "picking quarrels and stirring up trouble," in connection with his work publicizing protests in China. But rights activist Huang Yongxiang, who has previously been in contact with Li Tingyu's family, said he is unlikely to get a fair trial. "These sorts of trials are really just for show," Huang said. "Neither of them has committed any crime; it's just a form of political persecution."
Tibetan Cuts Own Throat in Lhasa Freedom Protest
A Tibetan man called out on Friday for freedom for Tibet before cutting his own throat in a solo protest outside Lhasa’s famous Jokhang temple, Tibetan sources said. No details were available on whether the man had died or been detained following his 10:00 a.m. protest, a Tibetan living in the area told RFA’s Tibetan Service on June 23. “But he is unlikely to have survived,” the source said, writing to RFA on condition of anonymity. “When police arrived on the scene, they immediately covered the place with blue sheets so that no sign of the incident was visible,” he said.
lørdag 24. juni 2017
Kazakhstan: How China's shaping one country's future
China's Belt and Road initiative is ploughing through central Asia. The plan, which aims to expand trade links between Asia, Africa, Europe and beyond, was unveiled in 2013. What impact has China's grand plan had so far in Kazakhstan? I went to Almaty - the financial capital - to find out. The lyrical strains of Almaty's latest pop song reverberates through the city's main Chinese market, lending a distinctly Kazakh feel to what looks like a scene that could easily be from Beijing or Shanghai. Inside, signs in both Mandarin and Kazakh point out directions in the warren-like maze.
Be Respectful To China’s National Anthem! Or You Might Face Detention
China’s Struggle With Demographic Change
But increased life expectancy and lower fertility means that by 2025, when the share of the 65-and-over population exceeds 14 percent China will officially become an “aged” society. But unlike France, which took 115 years for its share to rise from 7 percent to 14 percent, China will have taken 23 years, and much less than in the United States (60 years), United Kingdom (45 years), and Germany (40 years), according to research by the World Bank and Standard Chartered.
Xi no evil: Hong Kong bans protest slogans as Chinese president visits
Hong Kong police have launched a crackdown on political banners and images ahead of a visit to the city by the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, to avoid “embarrassing” the country’s leaders. Swaths of Hong Kong will be locked down this week and at least 9,000 police officers, nearly a third of the territory’s force, are set to be deployed during Xi’s three-day visit starting on Thursday. Police have been instructed to remove signs calling for remembrance of the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre or advocating for direct elections of the city’s leader, according to local media reports. The aim of restricting the public’s right to freedom of expression is to “prevent leaders from being embarrassed” and signs must not appear on Xi’s routes through the city.
Hong Kong's new chief: detention of booksellers in China not our concern
The kidnapping and detention of a group of Hong Kong booksellers is of no concern to the city’s government, its new leader has said. Five booksellers associated with Hong Kong-based Mighty Current publishing were detained two years ago by Chinese police, with two of the men spirited across borders by plainclothes agents. The case sparked international condemnation and protests in Hong Kong, and added to fears that the city’s autonomy was eroding. But Carrie Lam, who is to be sworn in as Hong Kong’s chief executive on 1 July, said the matter was purely a concern for mainland authorities.
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