Communist China and NBC: “The new New York is Beijing” – by “Adrienne Mong, NBC News Producer”

(Communist China) NBC: “The new New York is Beijing” – by “Adrienne Mong, NBC News Producer”
— NBC’s Adrienne Mong ignores that inconvenient thing called “freedom”
— this is the same NBC that reported the most memorable thing about Tiananmen Square was its size
— NBC: “At 1,000 acres, Tiananmen Square in Beijing is the world’s largest public square – the size as 75 football fields.”

— Other R.E.A.L. news and articles on totalitarianism

Communist China: Chinese Pastor And Wife Sentenced To One Year Labor Camp

Communist China: Chinese Pastor And Wife Sentenced To One Year Labor Camp
— “Advocacy group China Aid Association (CAA) told BosNewsLife that Pastor Dou Shaowen and his wife Feng Lu of Rock (Panshi) Church in Zhengzhou city of  Henan province were sentenced to a labor camp”
— for “engaging in illegal religious activities”

Communist China Releases House Church Leaders, Christians

China Releases House Church Leaders, Christians
— “Among them were all 18 house church leaders detained in Langzhong city of Sichuan province on June 9. They were ‘released due to pressure from many supporters who called’ the Public Security Bureau (PSB) one of China’s main law enforcement agencies, said China Aid Association (CAA), a major advocacy group.”
— “More than a dozen house church leaders and Christians in two Chinese provinces were free Tuesday, June 30, after they were released by authorities from detention amid international pressure, Chinese Christians said”
— “They were reportedly detained June 9 when security forces raided a meeting of some 30 house church leaders in the Langzhong city of Pastor Li Ming. Police released 12 leaders the same day, but detained 18 others, Christians said.”
— “Elsewhere three detained house church leaders of Taochuan Village Christian Church in Shaanxi province were released after serving detention for ‘engaging in ‘illegal religious activities,’ CAA said.”

Communist China delays mandatory Internet filter software

Communist China delays mandatory Internet filter software
— Reuters: “China will delay a controversial policy to force manufacturers to install mandatory filtering software on all new computers, state news agency Xinhua said on Tuesday.”
— “The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology’s climbdown on the mandatory installation of the ‘Green Dam Youth Escort’ filter comes just a day before the order was due to come into effect.”