8/08/2008 was a lucky day after all for Beijing and the hundreds of millions of Chinese people who had been anticipating Friday night’s festivities for eight years. Bad weather, protests, terrorist attacks, and the general controversy that surrounded the preparations for the Games had threatened to mar Friday night’s opening ceremony. Nevertheless, when the massive [...]
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President Bush Slams Beijing on Eve of 2008 Olympic Games
Posted by Robert Vance on August 8th, 2008
President Bush should beware. After making his strongest condemnation of Beijing ever yesterday in Thailand, he may very well receive the same frosty welcome that French President Nicholas Sarkozy is likely to receive. If the Chinese population at large happens to hear about what Mr. Bush said, any appreciation that they had for his willingness [...]
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Tags: 2008 Games, 2008-Olympics, beijing, CCP, Communist Party, hu jintao, Human Rights, president bush 
2 Comments »Where is the China Earthquake Donation Money Going?
Posted by Robert Vance on May 29th, 2008
“I don’t think that the donations are getting to the earthquake victims,” a friend of mine somberly told me recently. “A few of my friends came back from Mianyang recently,” he explained, “and they told me that the earthquake survivors were not being given enough food and water.” It was feared, he said, that the much [...]
Posted in The Vance Report Tags: CCP, China, China Corruption, China Earthquake Donation, Communist Party, earthquake in china 9 Comments »Why Chinese Patriotism is to be Respected and Feared
Posted by Robert Vance on April 25th, 2008
“My father was sent to a camp to be re-educated and my uncle went to prison because they knew someone who the government did not like,” one of my close friends told me recently. She explained to me that because of ill treatment and poor nutrition, her father developed severe stomach problems in the camp which have remained [...]
