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April 11 , 2016
  • The New York Times：Over 80 Percent of Water Is Polluted in Tested China Wells
    The New York Times reports: "More than 80 percent of the water from underground wells used by farms, factories and households across heavily populated plains of China is unfit for drinking or bathing because of contamination from industry and farming, according to new statistics that were reported by Chinese media on Monday....The latest statistics are far from the first about the damage done to China's underground water reservoirs and basins by runoff from farming and industry....In 2011, the Ministry of Environmental Protection issued a plan to cut pollution of underground water resources by the end of this decade....'Environmental pollution has become a hot topic in recent years,' Zheng Yuhong, an agricultural resources expert who is a member of China's national legislature, said last month during the annual meeting of the legislature, according to a report at the time. 'But pollution of underground water has virtually been forgotten.'"
  • BBC News：China 'seizes' eight Taiwanese from Kenya
    BBC News reports: "Taiwan has accused China of 'extrajudicial abduction' after eight Taiwanese acquitted of fraud in Kenya were deported to mainland China....Taiwan's foreign ministry says they were forcibly put on a China-bound plane and has demanded their release. China has not responded in detail to the allegations, but has criticised Taiwan for not considering itself as part of 'one China'....Taiwan has demanded their release, as well as for the release of the remaining 15 Taiwanese still in Kenyan custody."
  • The Washington Post：Navy officer accused of passing secrets to China faces espionage and prostitution charges
    The Washington Post reports: "A Taiwan-born Navy officer who became a naturalized U.S. citizen faces charges of espionage, attempted espionage and prostitution in a highly secretive case in which he is accused of providing classified information to China, U.S. officials said....A heavily redacted charge sheet released by the Navy states that the officer faces two specifications of espionage and three specifications of attempted espionage. He is accused of communicating secret information 'with intent or reason to believe it would be used to the advantage of a foreign nation,' hiring a prostitute for sex, committing adultery by having sex with a woman who was not his wife, not disclosing foreign travel to the U.S. government as required, and lying about it after the fact."
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