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Blodet renner på Silkeveien

Kineserne drømmer om å gjenopplive Silkeveien, den gamle ferdselsåren mellom Kina og Europa. Ikke ved hjelp av kameler og muldyr, men med trailere og superraske tog. Men de opprørske uighurene langt vest i landet truer med å velte prosjektet. Les mer

In China, a single plague death means an entire city quarantined

The decision by Chinese authorities to quarantine parts of Yumen cityafter a local man died of the bubonic plague made headlines around the world. While four people were also diagnosed with the disease in Colorado this week – all were treated in hospital and quickly released – the 38-year-old Chinese farmer’s death brought a far more dramatic response from Yumen’s authorities. Read more

China's red furniture craze fuelling illegal logging in Guinea-Bissau

Worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, Bissau-Guinean rosewood is used, among other things, to make hongmu furniture, red luxury Chinese pieces, replicating the styles of the Qing period. Read more

Buddhister på krigsstien

Rasende buddhistmunker væpnet
med kniver, dolker og brennende fakler. Landsbyer i brann og mennesker på
flukt. Scener fjernt fra buddhismens fredfulle veggmalerier, men i Myanmar
skjer det uvanlige, skriver Torbjørn Færøvik i Dagsavisen


Av Torbjørn Færøvik

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Buddha preket nestekjærlighet og ikke-vold
på sine vandringer langs Ganges for 2500 år siden. Før han sovnet inn,

China Plans Extension of Railroad to India Through Tibet

China plans to extend by 2020 a railroad on the high trans-Himalayan plateau of Tibet to the borders of India, Bhutan and Nepal, according to a report in People’s Daily, the official mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party. Read more

In Scarred Chinese Tibetan City, Devotion to Sanctity of Life

“Buddha has taught us that treating others with love and compassion is the right thing to do, no matter how tiny that life is.” Read more

China's Guangdong Province Removes Over 850 'Naked Officials' From Their Posts

More than 850 government workers in China's southern province of Guangdong have been forced out of their jobs as part of an anti-crackdown on officials whose spouses and children have emigrated abroad. Read more

Is Xi Jinping trying to provoke anger against Japan?

More than 1,000 special guests, including top Communist officials, military veterans and young children, turned out for a highly choreographed memorial marking the Marco Polo bridge incident which sparked the Sino-Japanese war in 1937. And Party Leader Xi Jinping was the main speaker. Read more

- Kina skifter energikurs

Kull blir raskere erstattet av grønn energi enn ventet, sier eksperter. Les mer

China's Christians fear new persecution after latest wave of church demolitions

According to the American NGO China Aid, since the beginning of the year 60 churches in Zhejiang province have received notice that either their crosses or their buildings must be demolished – more than 40 of these are in China's "Jerusalem". Read more