Entries from Truth About China tagged with 'genocide'

A Grim Chapter in History Kept Closed

By DIDI KIRSTEN TATLOW for The New York TimesJuly 22, 2010 On a day in late March, Zhang Dazhong, one of China's richest men, struggled to speak through tears as he addressed his assembled guests. "My mother died 40 years...

Guinea Boasts of Deal With Chinese Company

By Adam Nossiter | THE NEW YORK TIMESOctober 14, 2009 Guinea's military government, facing international sanctions and heavy strictures over a mass killing of unarmed demonstrators, is highlighting a recent agreement with a Chinese company that could provide it with...

China Is Wordless on Traumas of Communists' Rise

By Andrew Jacobs | The New York TimesOctober 2, 2009 CHANGCHUN, China -- Unlike in other cities taken by the People's Liberation Army during China's civil war, there were no crowds to greet the victors as they made their triumphant...

The Quiet Afterlife of a Chinese Dissident

By Andreas Lorenz | Der Spiegel (Germany)September 03, 2008 Bao Tong, a former member of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, fell out of favor and wound up in prison. Now he lives under house arrest in Beijing,...

Tibetan Monks Still Held in Qinghai

By Radio Free Asia August 28, 2008 Months after widespread Tibetan protests against Chinese rule, hundreds of monks are detained in Qinghai. Hundreds of Tibetan monks detained after widespread protests against Chinese rule earlier this year were deported from the...

Far from the glow in China, there are no games in Darfur

By DeWayne Wickham | USA TODAYAugust 12, 2008 What China wants during these Olympics it cannot be allowed to have. More than anything else, the emerging superpower wants to bask in the glory of its role as host of the...