Tuesday, December 02, 2003

News

President details missile threat: Chen Shui-bian, looking to win support for a 'defensive referendum' on sovereignty, said China has 496 ballistic missiles aimed at Taiwan.

China's Secrecy Syndrome . . . : It has become almost a cliche to talk about the fact that China is changing rapidly, and therefore doesn't require the kind of pressure that was needed with the Soviet Union. But to the thousands who are locked up in prisons and in mental institutions for their beliefs, that is cold comfort.

China plans to ease rapid [economic] growth: China is set to touch the brakes in 2004, taking the edge off wildfire growth.

China issues report on wife abuse: Sixteen percent of married women in China have reportedly been beaten by their spouses.

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