Issue: June 21, 2012   (Archive)
Sunday, May 19, 2013   

Cops bar Ai from tax court hearing
Internationally acclaimed artist Ai Weiwei says he has been barred from a court hearing against a multimillion-dollar tax fine linked to a firm he founded, and accused authorities of seeking to "crush" him.



Hard line on Bo case man
Foreign ministry officials in Paris have warned their counterparts in Phnom Penh not to take any action without a solid basis after a French architect with ties to disgraced politician Bo Xilai was arrested in Cambodia this week.



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