Jailed For Bringing Bibles Into China

Beijing, Jan. 9–China acknowledged Tuesday that it jailed a Hong Kong businessman who brought thousands of Bibles into the country, but it indicated the man was arrested for violating anti-cult laws rather than illegally importing and distributing Bibles. Li Guangqiang, 38, is a member of an underground fundamentalist Christian movement called the Shouters, and he might face the death penalty if convicted, according to the Hong Kong-based Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy. Religious practices and the publishing of Bibles are strictly controlled by China’s communist government, which permits Christian churches to operate only if they register and pledge their loyalty to the state. Underground Roman Catholic and Protestant churches and practitioners routinely face harassment and arrest for disturbing public order or other charges. Read more: http://www.beliefnet.com/News/2002/01/China-Jails-Member-Of-Evil-Cult-For-Importing-Bibles-By-Thousands.aspx#ixzz1B7VSxo9d

Masters Degrees in China

This weekend over 1 000 000 Chinese are taking the test to enter masters programs in China. The problem is that China has no world class universities. The Chinese like to consider Beijing University to be their Harvard, irrespective, in terms of world rankings , that place doesnt make a dent- its not even ranked. The current author has done some work with them in advanced degrees) and in comparison to the west, China’s best of woefully inadequate.

China and Turmoil

The Civilization of China (Herbert Allen Giles) During the whole period of four hundred years the empire cannot be said to have enjoyed complete tranquillity either at home or abroad. There were constant wars with the Tartar tribes on the north, against whom the Great Wall proved to be a somewhat ineffectual barrier.

China and Iraq

This June 9, 2010 article in the Houston Chronicle

China’s Party Secrets

Here is an excerpt from what happened at Tian.e.nman back in ’89

“The Party: The Secret World of China’s Communist Rulers (Richard Mcgregor)

 

“The Party’s unyielding line on its decision to send in the troops has strangled the public memory of the extent of the crackdown that followed, and the bitterness it engendered. By some accounts, nearly one in ten of the Party’s then 48 million members were investigated, in the government, media, universities, think-tanks, and in art and literary circles, in the eighteen months that followed 4 June. If they weren’t jailed, sacked or demoted, they were forced to write self-criticisms explaining their stance during the protests, and pledging fealty to the Party’s actions, all of which was ominously recorded on their personal employment files. This was a purge of Stalinist dimensions, albeit without a comparable body count at the end. Song Ping, a party elder and the most important early patron of Hu Jintao, backed a campaign to force potentially suspect members to re-apply to join the Party to ensure ‘they would be communist in reality’ as well as in name. ‘They’ll be the people who really want to struggle for communism to the end,’ Song said. ‘The Party’s fighting ability will be obviously enhanced.’”

Angry Mob or Chinese Postal Workers

These are local delivery men for the Chinese Post. I literally have seen them throwing boxes on the ground, and at one another.

Cool Beijing Sunset

2 2 Panda Rabbit

 

Here is my panda rabbit,  2  2  . She wass freezing her butt off so she climbed into a pot filled with soil .

Chinese Innovation

China Spying on Canada

Toronto Sun, Jul 31, 2010 OTTAWA — A Conservative MP says some of his colleagues have fallen into traps laid by seductive Chinese spies, lavished with gifts of alcohol and too-good-to-be true business deals, and at least two MPs have been subsequently blackmailed. Calgary MP Rob Anders claims both cases occurred in Shanghai, where an MP was offered a rich but skeptical business deal. In the other case, he said, the MP accepted sexual favours. In return, Anders said, politicians can provide access to resources or rubber stamp business deals. Anders said many current MPs have told him that on their trips to China they’ve been approached by stunning women half their age “offering them to go out dancing, go to dinner, get a massage.”… He said he’s discussed the matter with the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s spokesman refused to comment on Anders’ assertions that Chinese infiltration had crept into the federal government. “Mr. Anders’ remarks are his and his alone and do not represent the government’s views. We have no comment on them,” Andrew MacDougall said.