On March 6, an explosion leveled a small primary school in the Chinese town of Fanglin, killing 38 children and four teachers. The surrounding county is a center of fireworks production, and many people who live in the town, including other pupils and parents, say that the children were forced to make fireworks in the classrooms. The students were literally sitting atop a powder keg, and the safety standards in Chinese fireworks factories are appalling. Parents had complained to higher ...
By Leslie Chang Staff Reporter Of The Wall Street Journal
March 13, 2001
BEIJING -- A deadly explosion at a remote school is resonating across the country -- revealing the difficulties the Chinese government faces as it tries to maintain its monopoly on truth in an age of instant information.
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| Falun Gong practitioner Li Caifeng (pseudonym), female, 65 years old. She was illegally detained by Beijing police when she was appealing at Tiananmen Square on the New Year' Day of 2001. Later, she was sent to Miyun Detention Center in Beijing where she was tortured by electric shocks and burned with cigarette butts. The photo was taken 9 days after she was released and the wounds on her body could still clearly visible. It is hard to believe that an ... |
Master Li quietly watching the world from amidst the mountains after leaving New York following July 20th, 1999. (Published January 19, 2000)
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Master Li quietly watching the world from amidst the mountains after leaving New York following July 20th, 1999. (Published January 19, 2000)
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