NTD Weekly Newsletter - GM to Build Shanghai Cadillac Plant

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Issue 72     May 16, 2013
 

 

GM to Build Shanghai Cadillac Plant

The $1.3 billion factory will produce 150,000 cars a year. Without a 25% import tariff, they will be able to better compete with nearly one million annual German luxury cars sales. However, GM's investments are disproportionately benefitting China, say critics, just three years after US taxpayers bailed them out from bankruptcy.  
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Falun Dafa Anniversary Celebrated

World Falun Dafa Day was celebrated around the world this week, marking 21 years of the spiritual practice's spread, as well as nearly 14 years of peaceful resistance to the persecution its practitioners face in Mainland China. Falun Dafa (Falun Gong) is practiced in over 100 countries around the world. Video

Protest Over Suspicious Death Quelled

A 22-year-old migrant worker found dead outside of a mall may have been gang raped. Hundreds protested over this accusation, fueled by Beijing police's refusal to show mall surveillance videos to family members. Thousands of police quelled the protest, online discussion has been deleted and, according to state media, her family has accepted suicide as the cause. Video

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Chinese Netizens Petition White House

Petitioning the government is a longstanding Chinese tradition. The success of a White House petition has spurred more Chinese to voice their concerns to the Obama administration. They range from calls for "liberation of the Chinese people" to production of better Lanzhou beef imitations.  Video

Chinese Entrepreneurs: Alive and Well

The "world's factory" is often derided for making copycat knockoffs. But these examples, compiled by The Atlantic, show a side of China more similar to that which gave rise to paper, gunpowder and the compass. Video

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Be the Voice of Freedom! Concert

The NTD-co-produced movie, Free China: The Courage to Believe, will sponsor a concert at SPiN, Susan Sarandaon's Ping Pong Social Club in NYC. May 19, 8-11 pm.

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A Name to Know

One of the most important figures in Chinese politics, Zhou Yongkang, exposed by China Uncensored.

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Shen Yun Wraps Up 2013 World Tour

Shen Yun performers returned to New York after a five month world tour

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