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China: Human rights in the spotlight

Taiwan bloggers shine a light on some important human rights issues in China. The Far-Eastern Sweet Potato looks at the case of Wo Weihan who has been sentenced to death. Michael Turton looks at Taiwanese connections to Chinese organ harvesting. ...full story at Global Voices

from Global Voices on Thu, Nov 27 2008

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