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No media questions at Toulouse summit with Chinese premier
Yesterday’s meeting in Toulouse between French Prime Minister Manuel Valls and his Chinese counterpart, Li Keqiang, was dedicated to economic cooperation and steered well clear of freedom of information and…
Activist Wu Gan, already in detention, is formally arrested
On Friday, July 3, 2015, Attorney Yan Wenxin said: “I just received a telephone call from the Xiamen City (Fujian Province) People’s Procuratorate notifying me that they have approved the…
Anbang Insurance Group Chairman and CEO Wu Xiaohui hasn’t divorced
Bowen News Agency has learned that Anbang Insurance Group Chairman and CEO Wu Xiaohui is still former Communist Party leader Deng Xiaoping’s grandson-in-law. He’s not divorced from Deng’s granddaughter Zhuo…
Exiled dissidents celebrate “death” of Chinese Communist Party on its founding anniversary
(BOXUN) On Wednesday July 1, 2015, China’s Communist Party marked the anniversary of its founding. In response, exiled dissidents in Thailand created flower wreaths mourning the “death” of the Chinese…
School wall collapses, burying and killing three children
(BOXUN) At noon on Wednesday July 1, 2015, in Youting Township, Dazu District, Chongqing Municipality, a Youting Middle School wall suddenly collapsed, killing three 10-year-old children who were playing next…
More than 20,000 tons of industrial salt sold as table salt in seven provinces
(BOXUN) On Wednesday, July 1, 2015, the Ministry of Public Security announced that more than 20,000 tons of fake table salt had been sold in seven provinces. According to the…
Police: Letting activist Wu Gan’s attorney meet with him might “impede investigation”
(BOXUN) – The Domestic Security Protection Bureau denied permission for attorney Yan Xin to meet with his client, activist Wu Gan, known online as “Super Vulgar Butcher.” Wu Gan Yongtai…
Bus passengers gripe that girl’s complaint of molestation will waste their time
(BOXUN TRANSLATION) On Sunday, June 28, 2015, on a Dalian City, Liaoning Province public bus, a man standing behind a girl began molesting her in full view of the rest…
Law amendment, if passed, would criminalize lawyers’ courtroom speech
(BOXUN) The “Criminal Law Amendment (IX) Draft” presently under consideration has become a hot social topic. And the Clause 36 draft amendment proposal to Penal Code section 309 has given…
Central Propaganda Department Minister Liu Qibao likely to step down within the year
Bowen News Service has learned that Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping will conduct a purge of the Central Propaganda Department. A change in the leadership of the Central Propaganda…
Dong villagers fight demolition of their homes; police cars, offices destroyed
(BOXUN) On Saturday, June 27, 2015, the Liping County, Qiandongnan Prefecture, Zhaoxing Dong ethnic minority Township government mobilized city management police to forcibly demolish villagers’ homes. One person, an activist…
