Word: xinhua
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...ARRESTED. WANG BINGZHANG, 54, U.S.-based Chinese dissident who disappeared in June with two other pro-democracy activists while in Vietnam; for spying for Taiwan and partaking in "terrorist activities"; in Beijing. China's Xinhua news agency said the trio were "rescued" in July after being abducted by an unidentified group, but the U.S.-based Free China Movement believes they were captured by Chinese agents...
...FALUN GONG IS GOOD and in seconds were carted away by police. Three days later, more than 40 foreign demonstrators raced through the square as police chased them past astonished Chinese tourists who were spending the weeklong holiday in the capital. The foreigners had come, said the state-run Xinhua news agency, "to undermine the happy atmosphere of the Spring Festival...
...country's Premier offered a different, though not especially satisfactory, explanation. After China's newspapers showed rare spunk in frankly addressing the explosion, Zhu outlined the tale of a deranged man who was said to have blown up the school. The official Xinhua news agency quickly backed him up with a report about a 33-year-old villager nicknamed Psycho who conveniently left behind a note reading: "I will sacrifice myself, blast all, burn all, kill scores of them, all is over." Suddenly, the race among Chinese journalists to cover a hot story became a rush to tow the party...
...PICKERING last week tried to convince Chinese officials that the bombing of their embassy in Belgrade was a mistake. The Chinese were underwhelmed. But what did Pickering tell the Chinese? The U.S. gave no immediate details and was prodded into a hasty backgrounder only after China's notoriously unforthcoming Xinhua News Agency outlined the U.S. positions: the use of maps that did not correctly identify the embassy; a U.S. intelligence officer who breached procedures in mistakenly picking the embassy over the Yugoslav directorate for procurement; outdated databases; aircrews unable to see identifying markers. Xinhua treated claims of procedural errors with...
...driving force behind Xu's personal commitment to philanthropy has been his desire to spread Chinese culture, according to the Xinhua news agency. "Chinese paintings are magnificent, but Westerners know little about them," Xu told the agency...