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Yang Hui, seen here with a victory sign after being released on Monday, caused a stir last week after being put in detention under a new suppressive internet law. Eager to tighten online opinions, Chinese authorities recently issued a directive saying that, if your online post gets reposted by more than 500 people, or viewed 5,000 then you would be in trouble.
Yang Hui, seen here with a victory sign after being released on Monday, caused a stir last week after being put in detention under a new suppressive internet law. Eager to tighten online opinions, Chinese authorities recently issued a directive saying that, if your online post gets reposted by more than 500 people, or viewed 5,000 then you would be in trouble.

![Calls Mount for Taiwans Government to Protect Free Press
Dont let ties with Mainland China affect press freedom in Taiwan. Thats what Taiwans lawmakers and activists are telling the Taiwanese government, as NTDs sister station there tries to renew a two-year satellite contract.
[Yu Mei-nu, Legislator, Democratic Progressive Party]
In order to preserve the autonomy of Taiwans media industry and its freedom and openness, Taiwans government has the responsibility to give due attention to this issue.
NTD-Asia Pacific broadcasts into Taiwan and parts of Mainland China through the ST-2 Satellite. Its operated by Chunghwa Telecom, a company that is partly owned by the Taiwanese government. The current contract will soon expire, but Chunghwa has avoided meeting with NTD-AP to discuss the contract renewal.
The issue has grabbed international attention. On May 8th, the Vice Chairman of the European Parliament, Edward McMillan Scott, wrote a personal letter to Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou to personally intervene.
Free press advocates fear that Chunghwas behavior may be because of pressure from Mainland China. NTD is known for broadcasting news and information that the Chinese regime tries to censor. Mas administration has been pursuing closer ties with the Mainland, and has been criticized for risking Taiwans democratic values in the process.
[Professor Ku Chung-hwa. National Chengchi University]
I hope that the national broadcasting regulator NCC can look into this, to protect contractual certainty, and keep it free of political or other interference from the Mainland, so Taiwans democracy and free speech can continue to advance.
This isnt the first time that NTD-AP has faced difficulties renewing its contract with Chunghwa. Two years ago, Chunghwa had initially refused to sign the current satellite contract, citing technical reasons with the ST-2 Satellite. But after mounting international pressure, Chunghwa did an about face, and signed the two year satellite contract with NTD-AP.
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![US Congressional Committee Examines Chinas Forced Labor Camps
At a roundtable meeting on May 9th, the US Congressional-Executive Commission on China discussed the system of re-education-through-labor camps, or RTL camps, under the Chinese regime.
[Professor Ira Belkin, Executive Director, US-Asia Law Institute, NYU]:
The crux of re-education through labor has been a system of administrative detention with no judicial review where the police have the authority to send someone to a re-education through labor camp, to incarceration up to four years, based on a very vague set of standards, and again with no judicial process.
The system is better known as forced labor camps. Its been around since the 1950s and is used mainly to silence dissent. Professor Ira Belkin said the system itself has come under question for violating Chinas own constitution.
These forced labor camps gained attention last year in the US, when this woman from Oregon discovered a letter believed to have been written by an inmate at the Masanjia Labor Camp. The letter was hidden inside a box of Halloween decorations. It detailed grueling conditions for the inmates there, working as forced laborers.
Masanjia was further scrutinized at the roundtable discussion, with a screening of this newly released documentary Women Above Ghosts Head. New York Times photographer Du Bing interviewed former inmates. They describe the camp as a quote, hell on earth.
Since the Chinese regimes new leadership came in last November, there have been discussions that the labor camp system could be reformed, or even abolished.
Some say reform will not be enough.
[Li Xiaorong, Independent Scholar]:
I think the US Congress should strongly urge the Chinese government to abolish RTL, to steer clear of replacing RTL camps with any other extra-legal detention facilities and free all detainees in RTL camps and allow them access to justice in holding their abusers accountable and seeking redress for damages.
Li recommends that the US should deny entry to Chinese officials responsible for torture or abuse inside these camps, and that their assets should also be frozen overseas.
NTD News, Washington DC.
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![China Outraged Over Japan Mayor Calling WWII Sex Slaves Necessary
The Mayor of Japans Osaka city opened old wounds yesterday with China and the Koreas. Chinese and Korean women were used as comfort women, or sex slaves by Japanese soldiers during World War II.
[Toru Hashimoto, Osaka Mayor]:
When theyre out running around and risking their lives, with their emotional state all strung out, they are looking to give them, I wouldnt say relaxation, but something like that, then anyone can understand its necessary to have something like the comfort women system.
He reiterated on his twitter account that, quote, theres no proof that the country abducted South Korean women and then forced them into prostitution.
Chinas Foreign Ministry countered the Hashimotos claim saying it was an insult to the victims of the sex slave trade. Chinese netizens have also expressed their outrage online with a flurry of expletives aimed at Japan.
China and the Koreas have long accused Japan of denying history and playing down their wartime atrocities.
Japans government has now tried to distance itself from the Mayors remarks.
[Yoshihide Suga, Japanese Cabinet Secretary]:
For those who have experienced this, its very difficult and they suffered great heartache. With regards to this issue, the Abe government is of the thinking of previous cabinets. However, we dont believe this should be turned into a political or diplomatic problem.
China and the Koreas allege that almost 200,000 women were taken as sex slaves by Japanese soldiers during World War II.
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![Antique Clock Damaged at Forbidden City Palace Museum
An antique clock in the Palace Museum at the Forbidden City in Beijing was damaged after a disgruntled visitor smashed a window last Saturday.
The Qing Dynasty era clock fell from its shelf when the visitor smashed a window of the Yikun or Queen Consort Palace.
Palace Museum curator, Shan Jixiang, talks about the incident.
[Shan Jixiang, Palace Museum Curator]:
The clock has been put here, and visitors can see the clock face from the window. When the man broke the window, the clock fell on its back. So the clock face was slightly damaged. Fortunately, the man did not break the window beside the clock because the cultural relics on both sides of the clock were made of jade. These relics would break into pieces if they fall on the floor.
Shan said the ornate clock was made in Britain during the 18th Century. Its glass cover was broken and several metal pieces were bent or broken. The clock will be restored and put back on display soon.
A 22-year-old man from central Hubei Province—known only by his surname Wang—has been detained.
A museum official said he heard glass breaking and saw a confused Wang at the scene.
According to the Beijing Times and Beijing News, bystanders said Wang became upset after he was stopped from taking photographs. He hit the window and the clock fell when the windowpane shattered.
Built in 1417, the Yikun Palace was the home of concubines in the Forbidden City during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Today, visitors are only allowed to view the interior from the outside.
After several robberies, and thefts in recent years, as well as the recent incident, better security measures will be put in place. This is part of the plan to renovate the palace for its 600th anniversary in 2020. Antique Clock Damaged at Forbidden City Palace Museum](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/J_-XN3WmMIE/mqdefault.jpg)

