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Beijing private enterprise purchases shopping mall in U.S.

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While China's exports suffered serious impact from the financial crisis, a Beijing-based private enterprise has completed the acquisition of the largest overseas commercial property development project so far. On December 23, Wu Li, president of the Beijing Toward Group announced the group had acquired a very large commercial shopping center in the United States. According to Wu, the shopping mall his company acquired is located in ...

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How do I know China wrecked the Copenhagen deal?

21 hours ago ago from CHIRONY

Reports that China single-handedly torpedoed Copenhagen have caused great distress among those who believe that the conference’s failures spell doom for our planet. Mark Lynas of the Guardian, who witnessed the train-wreck first-hand, provides this insightful and engaging account of conference events. He concludes the article with a passionate indictment of China’s role in the international community: Copenhagen was much worse than just ...

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Chinese dissident given 11-year jail term

40 minutes ago ago from CentrePoint News

By ABC News A Chinese court has sentenced leading dissident Liu Xiaobo to 11 years in prison for subversion, prompting the United States to accuse China of persecuting its political opponents. Liu, 53, had previously been jailed over the 1989 Tiananmen pro-democracy protests, and has been tried again for inciting subversion of state power after he co-authored a book calling for political reform last year. Charter 08, which ...

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Merry Christmas, Dr Liu!

3 hours ago ago from Francis Sedgemore - journalist and science writer

Friday 25 December 2009 at 02:41 GMT China will endure, but the days of Chinese state communism are numbered.

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Chinese Christmas gift: Dissident Liu Xiaobo Sentenced to 11 Years for “subversion”

1 hour, 40 minutes ago ago from Kempton - ideas Revolutionary

From BBC (emphasis added), Leading Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo has been jailed for 11 years for inciting subversion of state power , after a trial condemned in the West. [...] Mr Liu is a prominent government critic and veteran of the 1989 Tiananmen Square democracy protests. A writer and former university professor, he has been in jail since 2008, after being arrested for writing a document known as Charter 08. The ...

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Long prison sentence expected in China dissident case

13 hours ago ago from Washington Post - Business

BEIJING -- China's leading dissident, Liu Xiaobo, expects to receive a long prison sentence Friday on charges that he had incited subversion to state power through his writings and role in Charter 08, a petition advocating greater freedom and democracy. The case has sent a signal that the Chinese Communist Party will continue to stifle domestic political critics, especially those who seek to organize their fellow Chinese. And it provided ...

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BBC News - Chinese angered by 'interference' in dissident trial

17 hours ago ago from BBC

China has accused foreign diplomats of meddling in its internal affairs, after some were critical of the trial of prominent Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo. The country's foreign ministry urged those who had expressed concerns about the trial to respect its legal process. Spokeswoman Jiang Yu said the criticism was a gross interference in China's internal affairs. Dissident Liu Xiaobo is on trial for inciting subversion of state power . A ...

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