Australia grants asylum to Chinese diplomat in humanitarian move
Australia declared asylum for Vice Consul Dong Qi amid a crackdown in China assuring 15 000 Chinese nationals in the country there is no risk of deportation. Beijing student leader Chai Ling was not discussed by Australian officials amid reports she sought refuge at the Beijing embassy. Prime Minister Bob Hawke spoke with foreign reporters on Wednesday about the issue.
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Australia
China
Foreign Ministry
Dong Qi
Beijing
Chai Ling
Ling
Being Normal University
Rime
Bob Hawke
Stanford University
Syracuse
Minsheng Zang
Lan
Toronto Teacher Barred From Leaving Chinese Town
A Toronto English teacher, Martyn Eiserstat, remains unable to return home after Beibei's South West China Teachers University retains her passport to enforce a contract that runs several weeks longer. External Affairs confirms she is the only Canadian affected.
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Toronto
Department of External Affairs
Martyn Eiserstat
Perm
Robert Peck
South West China Teachers University
Sichuan
Beibei
Bush wary of expulsion over Chinese reporters
The Bush administration opened talks with China after Beijing ordered two U S reporters to leave the country. A State Department protest was delivered to Ambassador Hun Xu while the White House denied distortions and signaled no retaliation against 38 Chinese journalists in Washington and New York.
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Washington
China
U.S
Robert Kommit
Hun Xu
State Department
Associated Press
John Pomfret
Voice of America
Alan Pessin
China Unrest Spurs Student Protests and Death Sentences
Chinese students block phones in a high profile nonviolent protest while regime forces announce death sentences for three demonstrators. Across cities, violent clashes, railway attacks, and mass arrests unfold as state media show detainees and labor reform sentences.
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Beijing
Shanghai
United States
Beijing students study nonviolence lesson from King
In a Beijing classroom a group of university students hear about Martin Luther King Jr as a model of nonviolent leadership amid China s political crackdown after the Tiananmen Square massacre. The lesson highlights mass rallies, jailings, and a long struggle for freedom. The students, though varied in view, feel politicized and largely support the student movement while questioning government restraint.
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Martin Luther King Jr
Tiananmen Square
Experts fear rise in discrimination as actions curb aid
Syracuse figures discuss the impact of anti affirmative action rulings on court access and remedies. Judge Langston McKinney warns enforcement will wane inviting more discrimination while educators like Marjorie Carter say students must excel to overcome bias. NAACP officials foresee increased activism and continued inequality debates. A 6 pm NAACP dinner at the Sheraton Liverpool honors Freedom Awards and celebrates the organization’s 80th year.
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Liu
Auotas
Syracuse
Langston Mckinney
McKinney
Marjorie Carter
Syracuse University
Daan Braveman
Braveman
Supreme Court
Linda Brown-Robinson
NAACP
Thelma Trotty-Selzer
Nottingham High School
Trotty-Selzer
Karen DeCrow
DeWitt
George Kilpatrick
Sheraton
Liverpool
Henry Washington
Forest Adams
King
Lil- Wreall
Bush Wins First Major Clash Over Minimum Wage Veto
President Bush secured his first major legislative victory as Congress failed to override his veto of a bill raising the minimum wage. The 247 to 178 vote fell 37 short of the needed two thirds, with 28 Democrats and 150 Republicans backing the president’s veto.
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House
Senate
White House
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D-Wash
Tim Penny
Dminn
House Education and Labor Committee
Augustus Hawkins
D-Calif
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idaCeic Pacific Cafe
California
Minimum wage veto leaves workers in limbo across states
San Francisco restaurant owner Lee Soule and Oklahoma City worker Lisa Hart tell how the vetoed bill to raise the federal minimum from 3.35 to 4.55 would affect them. Interviews in Seattle Yakima Spokane and Maine show few firms paying the minimum, with managers noting pay pressures and possible hiring shifts.
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Lisa Hart
Oklahoma City
Lee Soule
San Francisco
Hart
Soule
Anita Feeley
Seattle
Shari Hudson
Washington
Yakima
Spokane
Wash
Maine
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