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Monday, July 05, 2004

Chinese Pressure Dissident Physician (www.washingtonpost.com). The elderly physician who exposed the government's coverup of the SARS epidemic has been detained since June 1 and faces interrogation by the government. By Philip P. Pan [washingtonpost.com - World]
6:51:07 PM

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CHINA PLANS MAJOR WARGAMES IN TAIWAN STRAIT [RFA]
HONG KONG—China will carry out large-scale joint military exercises on its coastline opposite Taiwan this summer to prepare its army, navy, and air force for a forced landing on the self-governing island, which Beijing has threatened to invade should it declare itself independent, RFA reports. The amphibious landing exercises are planned for July on Dongshan Island in the southeastern province of Fujian, just 150 nautical miles from the Taiwan-controlled island of Penghu, the official Communist Party People’s Daily said on its Web site Sunday. [more]
7:39:28 AM

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'Study Sessions' Forced on China SARS Hero -Source (Reuters). Reuters - The doctor who exposed China's SARS cover-up last year is in custody, being subjected to "study sessions" after calling for a reassessment of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, a source familiar with the case said. [Feedster.com Results For: China]
7:20:31 AM

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Chinese pressure dissident physician. The officials have detained Jiang Yanyong, 72, a semi-retired surgeon in the People's Liberation Army, in a room under 24-hour supervision, and they have threatened to keep him until he "changes his thinking" and "raises his level of ... [China - Topix.net]
7:15:38 AM

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