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...from the disaster zone in Qinghai, according to Chinese journalists familiar with the orders. The likely motivation is to limit coverage of collapsed schools or other politically sensitive aspects of the disaster. President Hu Jintao cut short a trip to South America to oversee the emergency response. Premier Wen Jiabao flew to Qinghai on Thursday afternoon. "This is an extraordinary disaster," he told a crowd in Jiegu through a bullhorn as he stood by a pile of rubble. "The government and the State Council are very much concerned about the people here of all ethnic groups. Right now, our most...
...From Yunnan eastward through Sichuan, Guizhou and Guangxi, parts of the country have not had rain since October and approximately 24 million residents are short of water. In March, Wen Jiabao, China's Premier, toured Yunnan for three days, pledging governmental aid and advocating water-conservation efforts. Chances are that the arrival of summer showers will give the land respite in the next month. But until then, Vice Minister of Water Resources, Liu Ning, confirmed less than two weeks ago, about 30,000 sq. mi. (78,000 sq km) of soil are too dry to bear crops, which has resulted...
...arms sales to Taiwan, which China considers a renegade province, and meeting with the Dalai Lama, whom Beijing accuses of masterminding a secessionist movement in Tibet. "The responsibility for the serious disruption in U.S.-China ties does not lie with China but with the U.S.," snapped Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao during a March 14 press conference in Beijing. Days before, high-level U.S. diplomats had flown to the Chinese capital to address a wide range of issues, and over the past year American officials have taken pains to underscore just how vital China is to the U.S. But there...
...Ministry of Justice in 2001, Gao specialized in politically sensitive cases. He fell afoul of China's leaders for his work on the behalf of practitioners of the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement, and in 2005 he wrote an open letter to President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao decrying the brutal treatment of Falun Gong followers at the hands of police. He was given a suspended three-year sentence for subversion in 2006, and then detained by state security officers a year later. They tortured him severely, which he detailed in a letter after his release, and threatened...
...retribution for a soured deal with Chinalco, China's huge state-owned aluminum producer, he wasn't showing it. He wasn't even in Shanghai but in Beijing, making an extremely conciliatory speech at the China Development Forum - a Davos-like conference for dozens of corporate chieftains. Premier Wen Jiabao attended, and global CEOs lined up obligingly for the handshake. (Read "Searching Questions: Internet Searches in China...