Results tagged “newspaper”

The Boston Globe? Hanging on by a thread.

Hundreds of parents set to the streets on April 15th in a peaceful march, begging for help in finding their missing children. Originally reported by the New Express (translated by Danwei), the parents claim that about 1,000 children have gone missing from the Dongguan area since 2007. At their wits end, they've set out to draw more attention to the apparent, widespread abduction problem.

• 87 kg marijuana bust at Beijing airport [Danwei] "The front page of today's Beijing News features a photo of two Beijing airport customs officers, a passenger and the contents of his luggage: 87 kg of marijuana. According to the report, the man flew to Beijing from Lagos via Doha on March 2. He went though customs without his hold luggage. On March 3, he returned to the airport to pick up his overweight baggage, when his plastic-wrapped cargo attracted the interest of the customs officers."
• China Demands West Takes Responsibility for Imports' Carbon Footprint [ClimateBiz] "Speaking at a meeting of large polluters in Washington intended to deliver progress ahead of international talks in Copenhagen later this year, Li Gao said China should not pay for emissions arising from the manufacture of goods that are exported for use in rich nations. Speaking to the BBC, Li said any successor to the Kyoto Accord agreed in Copenhagen should recognize that rich countries are indirectly responsible for a large chunk of China's carbon emissions." A meeting of large polluters?
• Soldier's story a new look at Tiananmen crackdown [AP] "In bearing witness about his role in the military crackdown on the 1989 student demonstrations in Beijing, Zhang says he hopes to add momentum to calls for an investigation and reassessment of the protest movement — and to further its ultimate goal of a democratic China. 'I feel like my spirit is stuck there on the night of June 3,' Zhang, 40, said in an interview at his home in the dusty northern city of Tengzhou, referring to the date in 1989 on which the final assault began."