2011年12月16日星期五

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Yahoo! News: World - China


China sends campaigning rights lawyer back to jail (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 12:03 PM PST

Reuters - China has sent human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng back to jail, state news agency Xinhua reported on Friday, ending his probation in what was the first official account of his whereabouts in the last year.

China sends long-missing lawyer Gao back to jail (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 10:08 AM PST

FILE - In this file photo taken on April 7, 2010, Gao Zhisheng, a human rights lawyer, gestures as he spoke during his first meeting with the media since he resurfaced, at a tea house in Beijing, China. State media says a Chinese court has sent activist lawyer Gao back to jail for three years for breaking his probation. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe, File)AP - More than a year and a half after prominent civil rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng disappeared, China's government gave the first sign Friday that he is alive, saying he would be sent to prison for three years for violating his probation.


Summary Box: China orders real names on microblogs (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 09:20 AM PST

AP - THE RULE: Beijing authorities on Friday ordered Internet microblogs to require users to register with their real names within three months, a tightening of rules aimed at controlling China's rapidly growing social networks.

Chinese villagers under siege mourn man who died (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 05:45 AM PST

In this photo taken on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011, villagers hold placards chanting slogans as they march around their village during a protest in Wukan village, in China's Guangdong province. A man from a southern Chinese fishing village whose death in police custody helped spark a rare revolt was given a hero's farewell Friday as thousands of tearful residents mourned what they called his sacrifice for them. (AP Photo)AP - A man from a southern Chinese fishing village whose death in police custody helped spark a rare revolt was given a hero's farewell Friday as thousands of tearful residents mourned what they called his sacrifice for them.


Chinese village activist's death suspicious: daughter (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 04:44 AM PST

Reuters - The daughter of a Chinese villager whose death in custody has ignited days of protests has dismissed as groundless official explanations that he died of heart failure, as residents gathered in their thousands to mourn him.

China officials shut down outdoor Christmas party (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 01:48 AM PST

AP - Chinese police and government officials scuffled with Christians and smashed sound equipment for a public Christmas celebration in an eastern village known for unofficial house churches and producing ornaments.

"Batman" star roughed up in bid to visit blind Chinese activist (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Dec 2011 01:27 AM PST

British actor Christian Bale accepts the Oscar for best supporting actor for his role in Reuters - Actor Christian Bale was roughed up by Chinese security guards as he attempted to visit a blind legal activist whose detention has sparked a domestic and international outcry, CNN reported on Friday.


China's Xi to visit Vietnam in test for tricky relationship (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Dec 2011 07:01 PM PST

Reuters - China's Vice President Xi Jinping, likely to take over as top leader late next year, will visit Vietnam for three days from Tuesday in what could be a test of how he handles festering territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
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