China

American Journalists Reporting from China-North Korea Border Charged, Convicted and Sentenced to 12 Years of Hard Labor

Senator Kevin O’Toole (R-40) has written letters to officials of both the United States and China appealing for their assistance in ongoing efforts to obtain the release of a pair of American journalists who were arrested, convicted and sentenced by North Korea to 12 years of hard labor. The reporters, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, were working on a story about the human trafficking of women across the China-North Korea border at the time of their arrest for committing what has only been described as a “grave crime” by the insular nation.

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Tibet – the broad, high plateau between India and China – is bigger than Western Europe and the source of the great rivers of Asia: the Indus, the Yangtze, the Yarlung Tsangpol, and the Salween. Mysterious and exotic, the “Roof of the World” is the place of Tantric Buddhism, seers, and mystics capable of levitation and astral travel – at least to those who do not understand a civilization where tradition and religion are living forces and whose peoples radiate a serenity and gentleness long extinct in modern society.

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Menendez-Brownback Darfur resolution passed just last week

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COHEN MOVES TO PROTECT NJ CONSUMERS
FROM SHODDY 'MADE IN CHINA' PRODUCTS

(ROSELLE) - Assemblyman Neil M. Cohen today announced that he is drafting legislation and working with the state Division of Consumer Affairs to better protect New Jersey consumers from dangerous Chinese-manufactured products.

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NEW JERSEY CELEBRATES 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF PROVINCE-STATE AGREEMENT WITH ZHEJIANG PROVINCE

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- Governor Jon S. Corzine today welcomed Chairman Xi of China's Zhejiang Province to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the province-state relationship between the State of New Jersey and Zhejiang with a ceremonial agreement signing. Read More >

Atlantic County Freeholder Candidate, Alisa Cooper, Vows to Bridge the Digital Divide by Bringing Wireless Broadband Connection to ALL of Atlantic County, including All Schools, Libraries, and Parks

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