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Bao Tong: Guizhou and the grandfather ghosts
So who has the power to “deploy police force” whenever they want to? It certainly isn’t ordinary Chinese people, nor is it a democratically elected government. It is a pack of bureau… more »
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Bao Tong: Guizhou and the grandfather ghosts
dreamburo wrote 2 weeks ago: So who has the power to “deploy police force” whenever they want to? It certainly isn … more »
The Tibetans you've never heard of
somefiercething wrote 1 month ago: Who hasn’t heard of Tibet? And who outside of Asia can even pronounce “Uyghur”? Mi … more »
One more detention in Burma
somefiercething wrote 1 month ago: You read it here less than two weeks ago: Burma’s military government detained a noted comedia … more »
Do they protest too much?
somefiercething wrote 1 month ago: Soviet dissidents used to say the surest sign that an air crash had occurred back in the USSR was a … more »
Burma: Buddhist relief efforts expand
dreamburo wrote 1 month ago: RFA’s Burmese service had this interview with Thigadu Sayardaw, a senior figure in Burmese Bu … more »
Who'll stop the pain? Part 2
somefiercething wrote 1 month ago: “The most suffering animal on the earth invented for itself: laughter.”—Nietzsche I’ve ofte … more »
The joy of modern appliances in North Korea
somefiercething wrote 1 month ago: Oh, the magic of modern conveniences! Back in the American 1970s, realtors used to write “ALL … more »
Sichuan: Anger at local officials in An county
dreamburo wrote 2 months ago: I would say, the wrath of heaven is merciless but the officials in our county are even more merciles … more »
Sichuan: Town menaced by subsiding mountain, lakes
dreamburo wrote 2 months ago: May 22, 2008 by RFA Cantonese service reporter Hai Nan In the countryside near Mianzhu city, Sichua … more »
Who’ll stop the pain?
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somefiercething wrote 2 months ago: Under the 2004 North Korean Human Rights Act, the United States offered fast-track processing for No … more »
Sichuan: Pingwu primary school devastated
dreamburo wrote 2 months ago: This video shows the main gate and dormitory area of what used to be a primary school in Pingwu cou … more »
Sichuan: "The city of Beichuan no longer exists"
dreamburo wrote 2 months ago: The man in this video explains to Lin Di that there is an entire village; houses, people, everythin … more »
Sichuan: Video from aftershock epicenter
dreamburo wrote 2 months ago: Reporting by Mandarin service reporter Lin Di Tr. Luisetta Mudie PINGWU COUNTY, Sichuan–The … more »
Lyric and lament from North Korea
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somefiercething wrote 2 months ago: Jang Jin-sung is most accurately described as a former “court poet,” since North Korea’s secre … more »
Burma: "They're faking it everywhere"
dreamburo wrote 2 months ago: They’re faking it everywhere. They fake it by video taping, and then leaving that area. They … more »
Sichuan: Video and interviews from Dujiangyan
dreamburo wrote 2 months ago: RFA Mandarin service Hong Kong-based reporter Lin Di reports from Dujiangyan, Sichuan province: The … more »
Chongqing: Many aftershocks reported from quake
dreamburo wrote 2 months ago: Mandarin service reporter Lin Di arrived in Chongqing on Tuesday, the day after the earthquake. Eve … more »
Sichuan: Parents wait outside collapsed high school
dreamburo wrote 2 months ago: Video: Two students in a dormitory room at the University of Chengdu, the provincial capital of Sic … more »
China, Tibet: Tibetans cut off by quake
dreamburo wrote 2 months ago: From Mandarin service reporter Qiao Long: The Tibetan government-in-exile completely lost contact wi … more »
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