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Chen Wen-chen to be remembered

Tuesday, 02 July 2013 08:45 Taipei Times

National Communications Commission Vice Chairman Yu Hsiao-cheng gestures while unveiling a list of seven companies that will bid for up to seven 4G operation licenses at a press conference in Taipei yesterday. Yu said he hopes the super-fast 4G mobile Internet service will become operational next year.
Photo: Mandy Cheng, AFP

National Taiwan University (NTU) students and democracy activists are to commemorate former Carnegie Mellon University assistant professor Chen Wen-chen (陳文成) during a ceremony today which marks the 32nd anniversary of his mysterious death — a case that remains unsolved to this day.

They are set to gather at Chen Wen-chen Memorial Square on the NTU campus and pay tribute to the supporter of the pro-democracy movement at 6:30pm in a ceremony that has become an annual event.

Crowds march for democracy in HK

Tuesday, 02 July 2013 08:41 Taipei Times

Hundreds of thousands of protesters joined the annual 01 July rally from Victoria Park to Central calling for `one person, one vote` and universal suffrage for the 2017 chief executive election, marking the 16th anniversary of Hong Kong`s handover to Chinese rule after 156 years of British administration.
Photo: EPA

Tens of thousands of protesters, some waving British imperial flags and denouncing Chinese “colonists,” marched through torrential rain in Hong Kong yesterday to clamor for universal suffrage on the 16th anniversary of the territory’s return to Chinese rule.

Tropical Storm Rumbia brought a drenching and strong winds to the march, now an annual outpouring of discontent directed at both China’s communist government and the semi-autonomous territory’s local leadership.

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Ngawang Norphel, 22 and Tenzin Khedup, 24

DHARAMSHALA, June 26: Chinese authorities in eastern Tibet have arrested family members of Ngawang Norphel, including his wife, following his self-immolation protest last week.

According to reports, a day after Ngawang Norphel and Tenzin Khedup set themselves on fire in Zatoe town calling for Tibet’s independence and long life of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the former’s wife Dolma Dicki along with two other relatives were arrested.