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Ministry of Culture is subordinate to the State Council. Its responsibilities include formulating guiding policies and regulation for literary and artistic work, as well as supervising the implementation of these policies and regulations, supervising art and culture undertakings, playing a directive function in literary and artistic creation, supporting representative, exemplary, and trial literary works, supervising important and/or national scale cultural activities, supervising cultural market, and guiding the investigation work in cultural market.[1] According to the Organic Law of...

Foreword Amnesty believes Microsoft is in violation of a new United Nations Human Rights code, which says businesses should "seek to ensure that the goods and services they provide are not used to abuse human rights." [1] According to a Feb. 1, 2004 report on the British paper The Observer [1], "the human rights group has slated Bill Gates' company for an 'inadequate response' to escalating abuses in China. 'We don't believe this is appropriate or responsible,' said Mark Allison, an Amnesty International researcher who wrote the rep...

Since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was established, it has used media propaganda as a major weapon in seizing and consolidating power. Media propaganda is at least as important as the military campaign. In CCP's history, the former has been referred to as the "literature weapon" and the latter the "military weapon." Media propaganda under the CCP control is exactly the opposite of what it is commonly understood as media in the international arena. Mainland Chinese media has never been the real news media. Instead, it is a totalitarian propaganda tool ...

The World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong learned that on June 2, 2005, a batch of The Epoch Times newspaper was confiscated by the Malaysia Internal Security Ministry upon arriving at the Malaysia International Airport. On June 17, the Publications Control Group of the Internal Security Ministry sent out "Publication Investigation Results," banning distribution of the 147th and 148th editions of The Epoch Times.[1] On July 7, The Epoch Times marketing company, DZY Marketing, received correspondence from the Malaysia Internal Security Ministry...

Investigative Report on Chinese Consul Hu Xiaolan and Other Officials in Thailand Involved in the Persecution of Falun Gong Since launching the persecution of Falun Gong on July 20, 1999, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has attempted to extend this persecution all over the world via their embassies and consulates in foreign countries. The Chinese embassy officials in Thailand have been carrying out the CCP's persecution policy. Their major method consists of asserting pressure on the Thailand government and inciting hatred in the Thai Chinese communities. Recently, Consul...

Apart from the illegally established "610 Office," the two most important apparatus in carrying out the persecution of Falun Gong are the propaganda and judiciary systems. The propaganda system includes news, media and publishing branches under the direct control of the Ministry of Propaganda. The judiciary system includes public security, procuratorate, court, justice department and national security under the direct control of the Political and Legislative Affairs Committee (PLAC) and the "610 Office."

Since the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was established, it has used media propaganda as a major weapon in seizing and consolidating power. Media propaganda is at least as important as the military campaign. In CCP's history, the former has been referred to as the "literature weapon" and the latter the "military weapon." Media propaganda under the CCP control is exactly the opposite of what it is commonly understood as media in the international arena. Mainland Chinese media has never been the real news media. Instead, it is a totalitarian propaganda tool contro...

Preface Before World War II, when Hitler came into power and started to control and manipulate Germany's economic lifelines, the economy of Nazi Germany demonstrated explosive growth, which many called the "miracle of the twentieth century." Foreign investment in Germany accelerated. Attracted by the cheap labor, some foreign-owned manufacturing bases in Germany used the forced labor of Jewish people in the concentration camps to achieve high profitability. Foreign investment not only secured Hitler's dictatorship, but also fueled the economy of Nazi Germany...

Background New Tang Dynasty TV (NTDTV) is an independent, nonprofit Chinese language TV broadcaster established by overseas Chinese with headquarters in New York City. NTDTV began broadcasting via satellite in North America in February 2002 and extended its 24/7 simulcast programming to cover Asia, Europe, and Australia in July 2003. The signal into Asia including Mainland China is transmitted via W5 satellite owned by the European Telecommunication Satellite operator Eutelsat, headquartered in Paris, France [1]. However, Eutelsat recently decided to unilaterally terminate NTDTV ...

Investigative Report on the Main Officials in Hubei Province Who Actively Participated in the Persecution of Falun Gong Preface Some Chinese Communist Party (CCP) government officials in Hubei Province follow the Jiang regime to persecute Falun Gong. The persecution methods towards Falun Gong practitioners include illegal detention, home ransack, forced labor, forced feeding, torture, forced brainwashing, excessive labor, etc. According to information from Minghui Net [1], as of January 16, 2005, at least 64 Falun Gong practitioners were confirmed to have died as a result o...