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National Guard Families Seek Compensation
The families of 58 national guards plan to lobby the central Chinese government in Beijing for greater compensation after their relatives were killed in a May earthquake, RFA’s Cantonese service… more →
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National Guard Families Seek Compensation
jdlipes wrote 1 year ago: The families of 58 national guards plan to lobby the central Chinese government in Beijing for great … more →
Milk Scandal: Focus on Lhasa
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dreamburo wrote 1 year ago: Thanks to Danwei for this link. First clip (woman): “As the child’s step-mother, you are … more →
Vietnam's new crackdown
somefiercething wrote 1 year ago: Authorities in Vietnam (nervous, perhaps, that skyrocketing inflation may make the country a powder- … more →
Saffron Revolution, One Year Later
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somefiercething wrote 1 year ago: A year after Burma’s beloved monks took to the streets to support a popular uprising, the junt … more →
North Koreans Laugh Too
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somefiercething wrote 1 year ago: Is it possible to enjoy humor in a country as hopeless as North Korea? There’s a lot of materi … more →
China’s Empty Protest Zones
somefiercething wrote 1 year ago: Chinese authorities set aside portions of three Beijing parks as “protest zones” to allow local resi … more →
Mekong River flooding
somefiercething wrote 1 year ago: Rain and floods killed more than 130 people in northern Vietnam and Laos last week and more bad weat … more →
Bao Tong: Fortune-telling for the Beijing Olympics
dreamburo wrote 1 year ago: Bao Tong at his Beijing home, April 2008. Photo: RFA 鲍彤：金牌 一定很多，不可乐而忘忧 替北京奥运算命之一 Fortune-telling for … more →
Bao Tong: Guizhou and the grandfather ghosts
dreamburo wrote 1 year ago: So who has the power to “deploy police force” whenever they want to? It certainly isn … more →
The Tibetans you've never heard of
somefiercething wrote 1 year ago: Who hasn’t heard of Tibet? And who outside of Asia can even pronounce “Uyghur”? Mi … more →
One more detention in Burma
somefiercething wrote 1 year ago: You read it here less than two weeks ago: Burma’s military government detained a noted comedia … more →
Do they protest too much?
somefiercething wrote 1 year ago: Soviet dissidents used to say the surest sign that an air crash had occurred back in the USSR was a … more →
Burma: Buddhist relief efforts expand
dreamburo wrote 1 year ago: RFA’s Burmese service had this interview with Thigadu Sayardaw, a senior figure in Burmese Bud … more →
Who'll stop the pain? Part 2
somefiercething wrote 1 year ago: “The most suffering animal on the earth invented for itself: laughter.”—Nietzsche I’ve often wondere … more →
The joy of modern appliances in North Korea
somefiercething wrote 1 year ago: Oh, the magic of modern conveniences! Back in the American 1970s, realtors used to write “ALL … more →
Sichuan: Anger at local officials in An county
dreamburo wrote 1 year ago: I would say, the wrath of heaven is merciless but the officials in our county are even more merciles … more →
Sichuan: Town menaced by subsiding mountain, lakes
dreamburo wrote 1 year ago: May 22, 2008 by RFA Cantonese service reporter Hai Nan In the countryside near Mianzhu city, Sichuan … more →
Who’ll stop the pain?
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somefiercething wrote 1 year ago: Under the 2004 North Korean Human Rights Act, the United States offered fast-track processing for No … more →
Sichuan: Pingwu primary school devastated
dreamburo wrote 1 year ago: This video shows the main gate and dormitory area of what used to be a primary school in Pingwu coun … more →
