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Mass protests as Hu visits Hong Kong

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)
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.

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Teenage Tibetan girl severely beaten for lone anti-China protest

Jigme Dolma in an undated photo. (Photo/Tibetexpress.net)
Jigme Dolma in an undated photo. (Photo/Tibetexpress.net)

DHARAMSHALA, June 29: A Tibetan girl in her teens is being described in “critical” condition after she was severely beaten and arrested for carrying out a lone protest against China’s continued occupation of Tibet.

According to reports Jigme Dolma, 17, took out her protest in Kardze region of eastern Tibet on June 24.

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Newsflash

The Constitution is a lot like air. We neither feel it nor see it, but it surrounds us at all times and it is involved in every aspect of our lives. That was why a recent plan by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and the Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) caucuses to propose establishing a Constitution Amendment Committee in the next legislative session was encouraging and appropriate.

Perhaps because Taiwan has been plagued by a sluggish economy for too long or perhaps because of the high threshold for approving amendments to the Republic of China (ROC) Constitution, the talk of amending it or writing a new constitution has been on hold since the TSU and former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) briefly flirted with the idea years ago.