political nonsense

Chinese police investigating the alleged beating of a land rights activist have concluded that he broke his own neck.
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China announced that media outlets would be fined up to $12,500 if they reported on any “sudden events” without prior authorization.
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Police in the Chinese financial hub of Shanghai broke up a news conference by a group of haemophiliacs who say they contracted HIV/AIDS through contaminated blood transfusions, an activist said on Thursday. Journalists were detained and police surrounded the hotel where the event was taking place, said Wan Yanhai, the widely respected director of the Beijing Aizhixing Institute of Health Education.
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A 24-year-old man tried to sell his soul on China’s most popular auction website and managed to get 58 bids before operators pulled his ad. “We pulled down the posting because we think only God can control souls,” Taobao’s public relations manager Tao Ran said. The man said a female journalist later bought his soul for a price he refused to disclose. “I will give it to her by express mail,” he said.
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China has suspended approval of, or rejected, proposed industrial plants worth billions of dollars because they could threaten the environment, an environmental chief said.
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China outlawed sexual harrassment.
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The United States thinks China is acting suspicious.
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