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Tibet activists rally against Hu in Hong Kong

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Activists wave Tibetan national flags at a massive protest rally against Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to Hong Kong, July 1, 2012. (Photo.UNFFT, Hong Kong)

DHARAMSHALA, July 2: Tibet activists and supporters joined 400,000 people in the streets of Hong Kong yesterday in a protest rally against Hu Jintao, who was visiting the business hub to commemorate the 15th anniversary of its handover to China.

The protesters waving Tibetan national flags denounced Hu’s failed policies in Tibet, from implementing martial law in Tibet in 1989 to his government’s crackdown on the peaceful 2008 mass protests in Tibet.

TSU demands visa for Rebiya Kadeer

Taipei Times

World Uyghur Congress president Rebiya Kadeer said on Thursday in Washington that Taiwan and Turkey were the only countries in the world denying her a visitor’s visa, but added that she still hoped to visit Taiwan in the future.

The Uighur rights activist made the comments in her meeting with visiting Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) Chairman Huang Kun-huei (黃昆輝), who promised to demand that the administration of President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) grant her a visa.

Mass protests as Hu visits Hong Kong

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Tens of thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators marching through the streets of Hong Kong as President Hu Jintao visits the former British colony to mark 15 years since its return to Chinese rule. June 1, 2012 (Photo/BBC)

DHARAMSHALA, June 1: Tens of thousands of pro-democracy marchers filled the streets of Hong Kong Sunday, as the former British colony marked 15 years since the return to Chinese rule.

The protests rallied around the swearing-in ceremony of Leung Chun-ying, a millionaire property consultant considered close to China's communist rulers, as the chief executive from Chinese President Hu Jintao.

Ma is up to his neck in beef stew

Chin Heng-wei 金恒煒

The approach of Tropical Storm Talim last week had a political effect, which was that a provisional session of the legislature could not be held and was instead postponed until July 20. An interesting question to ask is who lost out from Talim, and who gained from it?

Some people say that Talim helped President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) out of a tight spot. Their reasoning is that if the provisional session had gone ahead at a time when lawmakers belonging to Ma’s Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) were unwilling to fight for him, then the only motion tabled for the session — a proposed amendment to the Act Governing Food Sanitation (食品衛生管理法) that would primarily affect imports of US beef — would not have passed. If that had happened, Ma’s authority would have once again been badly dented. Now that the meeting can no longer be held, Ma can avoid further humiliation and so, according to this theory, the storm helped him out in a big way.

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