language are now confined to a few elderly people in a small number of rural villages in northeastern China," said Zhao Zhiqiang, who heads the Manchurian Research Institute at the prestigious China Academy of Social Sciences (CASS).While more than 100 million people in China are currently classified by the government as Manchurian in ethnicity, almost none of them speaks their ancestral tongue.
from Luisetta Mudie: Radio Free Asia: Imperial Language Under Threat
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The article, penned by Ding's husband Jiang Peikun, said the couple had been taken to the eastern city of Wuxi following the Oct. 8 announcement that Chinese pro-democracy activist Liu Xiaobo had won the Nobel Peace Prize.
"For 74 days until Dec. 20, we were both 'disappeared,' vanishing from society without a trace," the article said. "We were cut off from all connection with relatives, comrades,and friends in China and overseas."
from Luisetta Mudie: Radio Free Asia: Tiananmen Mother Held 74 Days
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"The three Tibetan writers were sentenced for three-to-four years in jail by the Ngaba Intermediate Court on Dec. 30, 2010," said a source from inside Tibet.
"Jangtse Donkho and Buddha were given four years and Kalsang Jinpa was sentenced to three years in prison," the source said.
from Luisetta Mudie: Radio Free Asia: Tibetan Writers Sentenced
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