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People’s Republic of China (PRC) to Curb Program that Harvest Organs from Prisoners
In order to lessen its dependence on death row inmates, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) announced it would create a national registry for organ donation. China’s health ministry said the new program was being developed because harvesting organs from death row inmates was never sustainable nor ethical. [Al-Jazeera]
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People’s Republic of China People’s Liberation Army Shows Off New J-31 Stealth Jet in Display of Growing Military Might
The PRC’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) showed off China’s latest state-of-the-art fighter jet, the J-31, in Liaoning at the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation’s facility there. The jet is part of the PLA’s goal of transforming China into a top regional military power. [The Times of India]
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Does PRC Prime Minister Wen Jiabao’s Family Control Hidden Fortune?
It would seem contradictory, even some would say almost to the level of self-parody, that a government official and party member in a nominally communist country could be tied to a family that controls a fortune rumored to be valued in the billions of dollars. Yet such is the rumor with the Prime Minister of […]
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The Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands Dispute: Japan and China on the Brink?
Could Japan and China go to war over something as small as the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu islands? Al Jazeera explores this question in the above video documentary. Background China’s Future Leader Warns Japan Over the Senkaku Islands Dispute Riots in China [Al Jazeera]
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Documentary Video Inside North Korea – The World’s Most Secretive State
- September 25, 2012
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This documentary video takes the viewer inside of one of the world’s most repressive regimes. While internationally North Korea is known for bringing relations between it and the South to the brink, among human rights workers it is the most brutal regime on Earth. Individuality, freedom of expression, religion, or any basic human rights are […]
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The Hurun Rich List in China Reports Fewer Chinese Billionaires This Year than Last
The Hurun Rich List in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) reports that the number of Chinese billionaires has decreased this year with only 251 people making the list while 271 were on it last year. In 2006 only 15 billionaires were on the Hurun Rich List but this year marks the first time in […]
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People’s Republic of China State Oceanic Administration Confirms Japanese Coast Guard Reports that Monitoring Ships are Near the Disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands
The PRC’s State Oceanic Administration confirms reports that monitoring ships were dispatched to the area in the East China Sea around the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu islands. The Japanese Coast Guard has attempted to contact the ships but has received no response. Xinhua has also confirmed the report from the Japanese Coast Guard that monitoring ships from […]
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Bo Xilai’s Police Chief Wang Lijun Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison
- September 24, 2012
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The former police chief of Chongqing, Wang Lijun, connected to the once-powerful Bo Xilai, was sentenced to 15 years in prison by a Chinese court in Chengdu because of his involvement in the Bo Xilai scandal that has rocked the PRC’s political establishment since it emerged that Bo’s wife, Gu Kailai, was responsible for the […]
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Trial of Bo Xilai’s Aide Begins in the People’s Republic of China
Wang Lijun’s trial begins in Chengdu in what is perhaps the denouement of the Bo Xilai drama that has captivated China and the world since revelations that Bo’s wife Gu Kailai poisoned British national Charles Heywood. The trial is focusing on charges of corruption among others, the gravest penalty for which could be the death […]
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China’s Future Leader Warns Japan Over the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands Dispute
The future leader of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping, has warned Japan that it should respect China’s territorial sovereignty with regard to the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands in the East China Sea. After days of protest in the Chinese capital of Beijing and the dispatching of monitoring ships by the PRC navy, China’s future leader […]
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