One Incident, Two Different Reports

The BBS version submitted by Nu Hai

At about 10:00 a.m. October 22, 2007, a suicide bombing occurred in the demolition project office of Wanda Commercial Plaza in Wuxi. A police officer died and the bomber's right arm was blown off.

Sources revealed that the bomber, Xu Guoxin, 48, and a resident at room 102, No 38 Helie Street had tried several times to prevent the pending demolition of his home by a demolition company located in Helie of the City government. Full Article

China Bans 43 Groups of People for Beijing 2008

 RFA reported that China Aid Association, headquartered in Midland, TX, recently published a confidential document issued by the Chinese Ministry of Public Security in April to other public security departments nationwide. In the document, it ordered all public security offices to conduct strict checks on everyone, in and outside of China, who participate in the Olympic Games, including members of the Olympic Committee, athletes, media, and sponsors.......Full Article

Beijing Embarrassed by Official's Open Letter

Chinese leaders were embarrassed into silence when an active Chinese Communist Party official published an open letter highly critical of them, said a former newspaper reporter in China.

"Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao haven't responded to the open letter Wang Zhaojun wrote them on October 22. This means they are embarrassed by it just as they are by the campaign of people quitting the CCP," commented former reporter Li Yuanlong.... Full Article