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...Palm Coast, Fla.), but his favorite is the CasaBlanca. From that neighborhood ristorante, he has allegedly run an operation that, the feds assert, includes extortion, loan sharking, illegal gambling, narcotics and murder in a vast criminal empire whose tentacles stretch up into Canada and back to the Sicilian motherland. Investigators say he certified his power in 2000, when he convened a meeting of four of the Five Families, at--where else?--the CasaBlanca...
...binding popular referendums—a greater level of citizen empowerment than many states in the U.S. enjoy. However, although the Beijing-based PRC government has never actually ruled Taiwan, it falsely claims it as a “renegade province” of the “sacred motherland,” and intends to eventually “liberate” the island at any cost. Wen and his officials consistently tout the threat of war and suppress Taiwan’s international activities. The PRC’s tactics of intimidation and intentional manufacturing of fear...
...producing a tiny Chinese flag?an iconic image that would soon be broadcast to 1.3 billion fellow citizens back home. The mission-control room outside Beijing burst into cheers, already buoyed by a message from President Hu Jintao who announced that the liftoff was "the glory of our great motherland." Then, Yang fished around and produced another flag, this time a pale blue one bearing the emblem of the United Nations, and held it up beside the red Chinese ensign...
...four occasions. The reason for China's rush may be a political imperative to blast off on-or near-the Oct. 1 National Day. A successful flight will likely stoke the country's growing patriotic fervor. The celebrations could rival those that accompanied Hong Kong's return to the motherland in 1997 or China's selection two years ago to host the 2008 Summer Olympics, when Beijingers thronged Tiananmen Square to celebrate their national ascendancy. "If it succeeds, expect a sudden propaganda campaign to instill feelings of patriotism and nationalism and unite the people around new national heroes," says political...
...Foreign Ministry spokesman said he was sure that most people in Hong Kong "will support the government." A harsher editorial in the Hong Kong edition of the state-run China Daily said people opposed to the Article 23 legislation were responsible for "a treacherous act against their motherland...