Cult's suicide protest embarrasses China

Article Abstract:

One member of China's banned Falun Gong religious sect died and four other members were injured after they set themselves alight in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China, in a suicide bid. This incident has caused great embarrassment to the Chinese authorities.

Legal issues & crime, Religious organizations, Political activity, Suicide, Political aspects, Suicide victims, Falun Dafa (Sect), Sects

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China heads down to the Western aisle to glitzy matrimonial bliss

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Weddings in China's big cities are becoming more extravagant and more Westernized. The wedding services industry is benefiting from couples spending up to 50,000 yuan on the celebrations. Reference is made to the wedding of Ling Pei and Gao Lei.

Public affairs, Private Households, Consumer Services Expenditures, Finance, Behavior, Consumer spending, Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Weddings, Wedding supplies and services industry, Wedding services industry, Gao Lei, Ling Pei

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The baby girl that they just couldn't kill

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The story of the Chinese baby girl Ji Huansheng, who survived an abortion under China's strict population control policy and subsequent instructions by the hospital director to leave her to die, is told. When she did not die, staff at the hospital secretly fed her and the story was taken up by journalists. She has now been returned to her parents.

Social policy, Birth control

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