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  • Bung Mokhtar a hit in Twitterjaya

    The MP from Kinabatangan Datuk Bung Mokhtar Radin is using Twitter to take on opposition cybertroopers after seeing no one from Umno or Barisan Nasional responding to their attacks. MOVE over ...

  • Crisis in Europe will affect rest of the world

    The economic crisis in Europe is deepening and may get worse, with worrisome effects on the rest of the world. THE economic situation in Europe has worsened considerably in the past week, giving ...

  • New home for Malaysia Pavilion

    THE Malaysia Pavilion which shone at the Shanghai World Expo 2010 has found a new home. The relocation of the building to the Binhai Economic Development Zone in Weifang city in Shandong province ...

  • Unbecoming behaviour of Malaysians in London

    NO right thinking person will condone the disorderly behaviour of the three Malaysians who tried to disrupt Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun ...

  • Put toll to better use

    TO drivers, abolishing highway tolls is like Christmas arriving early. Proponents like to justify it with the argument that toll removals alleviate the burden on the public. However, existing ...

Movie Review

The Verdict [DVD]

The Verdict [DVD]

It is interesting that Sidney Lumet's grim, but fully engrossing legal drama The Verdict was released theatrically the same weekend ...

  • Heckling is not our culture

    I REFER to the recent incident at the 02 Grand Arena in London when Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak was heckled by a small group of Malaysians who were obviously supporters of the Bersih ...

  • Ma is a busybody but not a dictator

    President Ma Ying-jeou has been under fire for many things. Broadsides were fired against him in the run-up to the presidential election for buckling under pressure from Washington to let Taiwan ...

  • Grexit poses journey into unknown for Europe

    Weeks ago still an elephant in the room, Athens' looming exit from the club of 17 nations sharing the single currency has become the hottest topic in town since Greece's inconclusive ...

  • Little confidence in feasibility of Putins economic proposals

    Russia is looking with a degree of superiority on the crisis engulfing the debt-ridden eurozone states, predicting only a narrow budget deficit of just 0.3 percent of GDP this year and buoyed by ...

  • So-called IP wars reveal rigged competition

    The first story, featuring tech firms Nvidia and Intellectual Ventures, highlights the defensive role of patents as a strategic investment. Nvidia's general counsel, David Shannon, remarks in ...

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I am very grateful to the assistance of the American Embassy and the promise of the Chinese government for protection of my rights as a citizen over the long term. I am very gratified to see the Chinese government has been dealing with the situation with restraint and calm.

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Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng leaves for America

Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng leaves for America

Human rights activist Chen Guangcheng has been allowed to leave China for a trip to the United States.

Chen, with his wife and children, left China in a quiet departure on Saturday on board a US plane.

The blind activist, who has angered authorities in the past with his stance on abuse of power issues, had been causing headlines over the past weeks following a dramatic escape from 19 months of house arrest in his village.

The US had to deal with the follow-up to his escape, after Chen made his way to the US embassy in Beijing.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was visiting China at the time.

The incident caused a major diplomatic row but ended when China agreed to allow Chen to go to New York University law school where he had been invited as a "visiting scholar."

Chen, a self-taught lawyer, has said he intends to return to China.

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