Consumer Group Calls for U.S. Ban on Chinese Milk Products

Seeded on Sun Oct 12, 2008 7:03 AM EDT (Food and Water Watch)

As the scope of the contaminated milk scandal in China continues to grow, national consumer group Food & Water Watch today called on the Food and Drug Administration to stop the import of dairy products and milk-derived ingredients from China, and urged food manufacturers to test …

china, food, health, milk

The Technology Used By Beijing's "Safe Olympics" System

Seeded on Fri Aug 29, 2008 11:38 AM EDT ()

In order to ensure a "safe Olympics," the Chinese government is drawing on troops from the infantry, navy, and air force.

olympics, china, security, intelligence, beijing, world-news, millitary

A Victory for China - Spectacularly Successful Games May Empower Communist Leaders

Seeded on Mon Aug 25, 2008 10:20 AM EDT (The Washington Post)

BEIJING, Aug.

human-rights, olympics, china, politics, beijing

Being a Falun Gong practitioner

Seeded on Mon Aug 18, 2008 3:11 PM EDT (New Statesman Contents)

Interesting article from a practitioners point of view. Often in the news but rarely understood, Falun Gong is regularly associated with Chinese human rights issues. Leeshai Lemish gives his understanding of what Falun Gong practitioners actually believe.

human-rights, china, religion, faith, belief, falun-gong, falun-dafa

ABC News: Exclusive: Secret Trade in Chinese Bodies

Seeded on Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:25 PM EST (ABC News)

The German doctor who invented the process that led to hundreds of human bodies being put on display around the world, says he has stopped using bodies from China because some of them may be those of executed Chinese prisoners.

bodies, world-news

Celebrating China's Cultural History

Seeded on Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:51 PM EST (The New American)

The Divine Performing Arts is appropriately named: their glorious productions are heavenly creations of movement, music, color, and pageantry that captivate, excite, and inspire.

entertainment, chinese-culture