http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/chen-in-u-s-help-me-promote-justice-in-china-family-still-at-risk/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/chen-in-u-s-help-me-promote-justice-in-china-family-still-at-risk/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 21:32:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134246 LifeNews: Chen Guangcheng has arrived in the United States, but his extended family, supporters and others working with him in China to stop forced abortions are still in danger as they face continued persecution. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/21/chen-in-u-s-help-me-promote-justice-in-china-family-still-at-risk/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/castro-daughter-an-advocate-of-gay-rights-granted-u-s-visa/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/castro-daughter-an-advocate-of-gay-rights-granted-u-s-visa/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 15:24:29 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133927 AP: The daughter of President Raul Castro is a noted advocate of gay rights. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/castro-daughter-an-advocate-of-gay-rights-granted-u-s-visa/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/hong-kong-crackdowns-on-chinese-families-looking-to-get-around-one-child-policy/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/hong-kong-crackdowns-on-chinese-families-looking-to-get-around-one-child-policy/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 22:39:23 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133907 theStar.com: Over the last decade the number of mainland babies born in Hong Kong has risen from 620 in 2001 to more than 40,000 in 2010 — almost half the total 88,000 births in the territory. Some experts estimate that upwards of 60 per cent of these are second children. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/hong-kong-crackdowns-on-chinese-families-looking-to-get-around-one-child-policy/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/chen-guangcheng-could-get-passport-to-visit-u-s-in-15-days/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/chen-guangcheng-could-get-passport-to-visit-u-s-in-15-days/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 15:23:17 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133785 LifeNews: After a second Congressional hearing, during which he called to update members of Congress on the current status of his tenuous situation in China, forced abortion opponent Chen Guangcheng may finally be close to getting his ticket out of the Communist nation. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/16/chen-guangcheng-could-get-passport-to-visit-u-s-in-15-days/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/15/seeking-logic-in-north-koreas-mass-spectacles/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/15/seeking-logic-in-north-koreas-mass-spectacles/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 17:11:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133685 AP: For centuries, rulers have used choreographed spectacles to help them maintain control, mixing the appearance of absolute public unity with an underlying threat of what happens to anyone who goes against the grain. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/15/seeking-logic-in-north-koreas-mass-spectacles/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/15/china-slams-britain-after-cameron-meets-dalai-lama/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/15/china-slams-britain-after-cameron-meets-dalai-lama/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 16:52:05 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133673 AP: China criticized British Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday for meeting with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, saying it amounts to support for Tibet's independence from Chinese rule. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/15/china-slams-britain-after-cameron-meets-dalai-lama/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/10/china-tightens-restrictions-on-chens-family/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/10/china-tightens-restrictions-on-chens-family/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 15:51:16 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133396 AP: Authorities in the hometown of blind activist Chen Guangcheng have notched up restrictions on members of his extended family while he awaits permission in Beijing to travel abroad under an agreement between China and the U.S. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/10/china-tightens-restrictions-on-chens-family/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/10/n-korea-the-ghastly-hellhole-of-camp-14/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/10/n-korea-the-ghastly-hellhole-of-camp-14/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 15:37:53 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133394 Townhall: There is no cruelty so depraved that people cannot be induced to do it, or to look the other way while it is being done. Escape from Camp 14 reconfirms what we have known for years: North Korea's rulers brutalize their people with unparalleled and bloody barbarity. Why do we find it so easy to look the other way? ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/10/n-korea-the-ghastly-hellhole-of-camp-14/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/09/blind-activist-widely-known-abroad-virtually-unknown-in-china-due-to-censorship/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/09/blind-activist-widely-known-abroad-virtually-unknown-in-china-due-to-censorship/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 16:19:14 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133276 AP: Blind activist Chen Guangcheng has drawn a global media spotlight after setting off tensions between the U.S. and China, but he's almost unknown at home - and the Chinese government is working to keep it that way ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/09/blind-activist-widely-known-abroad-virtually-unknown-in-china-due-to-censorship/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/china-escalates-crackdown-on-house-churches/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/china-escalates-crackdown-on-house-churches/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 21:34:25 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133219 Baptist Press: The Chinese government is engaging in a three-phase campaign to eradicate Protestant house churches, according to the China Aid Association. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/china-escalates-crackdown-on-house-churches/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/chen-thugs-beat-my-nephew-%e2%80%98ruthlessly%e2%80%99/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/chen-thugs-beat-my-nephew-%e2%80%98ruthlessly%e2%80%99/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 19:30:22 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133199 LifeSiteNews: The blind lawyer, who exposed China’s brutal forced abortion policy, said “thugs with wooden spoons” beat his nephew, Chen Kegui, “ruthlessly ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/chen-thugs-beat-my-nephew-%e2%80%98ruthlessly%e2%80%99/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/blind-activist-china-says-itll-investigate-abuse/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/blind-activist-china-says-itll-investigate-abuse/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 15:14:14 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133138 AP: Rights advocate Chen Guangcheng says the Chinese government has quietly promised him it will investigate abuses he and his family suffered at the hands of local authorities, in a rare instance of Beijing bowing to demands of an activist. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/blind-activist-china-says-itll-investigate-abuse/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/04/pro-life-advocates-arrested-at-white-house-backing-chen-guangcheng/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/04/pro-life-advocates-arrested-at-white-house-backing-chen-guangcheng/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 15:11:59 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132930 LifeNews: Leading pro-life advocates rallied this morning at the White House for forced abortion opponent Chen Guangcheng, who may be close to heading to the United States if China approves an application for him to study here. At least one pro-life advocate was arrested. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/04/pro-life-advocates-arrested-at-white-house-backing-chen-guangcheng/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/04/chinese-dissident-is-headache-for-communists-and-dependent-obama-administration/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/04/chinese-dissident-is-headache-for-communists-and-dependent-obama-administration/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 15:10:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132881 The Hill: Observers said the U.S. and China will both be looking for a way out of the diplomatic fight that allows both sides to save face . . . Willson said he expected the situation to quickly be resolved given the two nations' mutual dependence. The two countries are tied at the hip economically – China is America's second-largest trading partner and is the largest single holder of U.S. government debt – and China's support is needed to get anything done in the UN. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/04/chinese-dissident-is-headache-for-communists-and-dependent-obama-administration/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/04/woman-who-rescued-chen-guangcheng-released-from-custody/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/04/woman-who-rescued-chen-guangcheng-released-from-custody/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 14:53:56 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132875 LifeNews: The saga surrounding Chen Guangcheng includes a wide variety of Chinese dissidents who provided active support to the leading opponent of forced abortions and the one-child policy in the nation — but none, perhaps, as daring as He Peirong. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/04/woman-who-rescued-chen-guangcheng-released-from-custody/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/04/china-chen-guangcheng-can-apply-to-study-in-the-u-s/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/04/china-chen-guangcheng-can-apply-to-study-in-the-u-s/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 14:51:30 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132873 LifeNews: Chinese officials have allowed forced abortion opponent Chen Guangcheng to apply to leave the country and study abroad at a university in the United States — in what is the first sign of good news that Chen may escape the persecution he is facing there. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/04/china-chen-guangcheng-can-apply-to-study-in-the-u-s/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/03/is-the-communist-partys-time-up-chinese-govt-frets-over-a-blind-man/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/03/is-the-communist-partys-time-up-chinese-govt-frets-over-a-blind-man/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 21:15:46 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132837 Wall Street Journal: Disunity among the ruling elites and the rising defiance of dissidents signal that one-party rule could be nearing its end . . . When rulers of one of the most powerful countries in the world have to worry about the defiant acts of a blind man, it's high time for them to think the unthinkable: Is the Communist Party's time up? ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/03/is-the-communist-partys-time-up-chinese-govt-frets-over-a-blind-man/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/03/chen-guangcheng-phones-congress-during-emergency-hearing/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/03/chen-guangcheng-phones-congress-during-emergency-hearing/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 21:06:45 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132835 LifeNews: Chen Guangcheng spoke live via telephone today at an emergency Congressional hearing today in the U.S. House about his situation and how he desires to meet with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/03/chen-guangcheng-phones-congress-during-emergency-hearing/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/may-day-rioters-attack-9th-circuit-court-house/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/may-day-rioters-attack-9th-circuit-court-house/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 18:10:14 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132712 The Seattle Times reports. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/may-day-rioters-attack-9th-circuit-court-house/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/china-threatened-to-kill-chen-guangcheng%e2%80%99s-wife-to-secure-deal/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/china-threatened-to-kill-chen-guangcheng%e2%80%99s-wife-to-secure-deal/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 16:17:50 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132666 LifeNews: Chen Guangcheng, the Chinese forced abortion opponent, was reportedly pressured to leave the U.S. Embassy and accept the deal the United States struck with China to release Chen from its temporary protection. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/china-threatened-to-kill-chen-guangcheng%e2%80%99s-wife-to-secure-deal/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/young-chinese-heroine-kidnapped-for-helping-chen-flee-advocate/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/young-chinese-heroine-kidnapped-for-helping-chen-flee-advocate/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 13:37:59 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132722 LifeSiteNews: He Peirong is a beautiful, petite Chinese woman friends describe as having a “spine of steel” - one that proved an immense benefit to her friend, human rights activist Chen Guangcheng, whose bid for freedom she spearheaded. But the young woman’s fate is now dangerously unknown, as she disappeared immediately . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/young-chinese-heroine-kidnapped-for-helping-chen-flee-advocate/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/01/chen-guangcheng%e2%80%99s-documents-show-women-aborted-at-nine-months/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/01/chen-guangcheng%e2%80%99s-documents-show-women-aborted-at-nine-months/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 18:11:02 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132592 LifeNews: “In the astonishment surrounding Chen Guangcheng’s extraordinary escape from house arrest, let us not forget why he was arrested,” Littlejohn told LifeNews. “In 2006, Chen exposed the Chinese government’s systematic, massive use of forced abortion and involuntary sterilization to enforce its “One Child Policy.’” WRWF obtained a copy of Chen’s field notes and has released the first English translation of them . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/01/chen-guangcheng%e2%80%99s-documents-show-women-aborted-at-nine-months/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/30/mitt-romney-calls-on-president-obama-to-protect-chen-guancheng/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/30/mitt-romney-calls-on-president-obama-to-protect-chen-guancheng/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:29:00 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132467 LifeNews: Likely Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney called on President Barack Obama today to provide any diplomatic protection possible for Chinese forced abortion opponent Chen Guangcheng, who escaped house arrest this past week. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/30/mitt-romney-calls-on-president-obama-to-protect-chen-guancheng/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/30/official-won%e2%80%99t-say-if-obama-admin-will-protect-chen-guangcheng/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/30/official-won%e2%80%99t-say-if-obama-admin-will-protect-chen-guangcheng/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:22:23 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132465 LifeNews: An Obama administration official today would not say whether the Obama administration plans to provide political asylum or some sort of other diplomatic protection for Chen Guangcheng, the forced abortion opponent in China. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/30/official-won%e2%80%99t-say-if-obama-admin-will-protect-chen-guangcheng/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/china-forced-abortion-opponent-chen-guangcheng-escapes/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/china-forced-abortion-opponent-chen-guangcheng-escapes/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:11:20 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132303 LifeNews: There is speculation that Chen is in the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and ChinaAid reports it was asked on Friday to make news of his escape known today. Chen reportedly intends to “fight to the end for the freedom of my family inside China. I want to live a normal life as a Chinese citizen with my family.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/27/china-forced-abortion-opponent-chen-guangcheng-escapes/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/26/vatican-some-china-bishops-usurp-church-power/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/26/vatican-some-china-bishops-usurp-church-power/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:02:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132194 AP: The issue of who should appoint bishops has been a key obstacle to Pope Benedict XVI's goal of improving relations with Beijing. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/26/vatican-some-china-bishops-usurp-church-power/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/26/victor-kostov-bulgaria-child-law-bill-threatens-the-family-with-totalitarian-social-engineering/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/26/victor-kostov-bulgaria-child-law-bill-threatens-the-family-with-totalitarian-social-engineering/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:34:44 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132186 Christian Post: Totalitarian thinking still permeates much of the societal structure in Bulgaria, a post-communist democracy and a member of the European Union since 2007. This attitude is especially visible in the latest legislative attempt at policies against the family | Viktor Kostov, PhD, is a Bulgarian-based missiologist and lawyer who heads Freedom for All Advocates. He is an Alliance Defense Fund allied attorney working to defend the rights to freedom of religion and speech. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/26/victor-kostov-bulgaria-child-law-bill-threatens-the-family-with-totalitarian-social-engineering/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/first-bo-now-zhou-power-struggle-shakes-chinas-politburo/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/first-bo-now-zhou-power-struggle-shakes-chinas-politburo/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 22:20:30 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131861 Washington Times: Moves against Zhou Yongkang, China's security chief, could undermine attempts to portray the Bo scandal as a fight to uphold the rule of law and would reinforce a skeptical public view that the Communist Party is in disarray months before a once-a-decade transfer of power to new leaders. ... ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/first-bo-now-zhou-power-struggle-shakes-chinas-politburo/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/18/bo-xilais-son-appears-to-have-left-home-near-harvard/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/18/bo-xilais-son-appears-to-have-left-home-near-harvard/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 21:37:01 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131486 Wall Street Journal: The son of Bo Xilai, the sacked Chinese Communist Party official at the center of the country's biggest political crisis in a generation, appears to have left his apartment near Harvard University, escorted by private security guards, according to a person familiar with the matter. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/18/bo-xilais-son-appears-to-have-left-home-near-harvard/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/18/cuba-rebukes-obama-over-summit-talk-of-democracy/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/18/cuba-rebukes-obama-over-summit-talk-of-democracy/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:56:56 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131417 AP: The Cuban government is criticizing U.S. President Barack Obama for calling for democratic change in Cuba. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/18/cuba-rebukes-obama-over-summit-talk-of-democracy/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/17/china-subjects-catholic-bishops-priests-to-political-sessions/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/17/china-subjects-catholic-bishops-priests-to-political-sessions/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:44:36 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131401 Catholic Culture: Two Chinese bishops of the “underground” Church have been released by police after having been held for “political sessions” in which they were pressured to cooperate with the Catholic Patriotic Association. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/17/china-subjects-catholic-bishops-priests-to-political-sessions/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/our-marxist-tax-code/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/our-marxist-tax-code/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:34:38 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131201 The New American: At the end of section two of Marx’s Communist Manifesto, in addition to calling for the abolition of private property and the centralization of the means of production in the hands of the state, he petitioned for “a heavy progressive or graduated income tax.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/our-marxist-tax-code/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/disney-making-iron-man-3-with-chinese-partner/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/disney-making-iron-man-3-with-chinese-partner/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:56:45 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131171 AP: The communist government wants Chinese studios to learn from Hollywood and is trying to attract foreign studios to form ventures by promising more market access and a bigger share of ticket sales. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/disney-making-iron-man-3-with-chinese-partner/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/an-answer-to-prayer-for-imprisoned-christians/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/an-answer-to-prayer-for-imprisoned-christians/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:30:34 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131162 One News Now: Chinese Christians have won a rare court victory following an incident last October when more than 10 house church members and a missionary were arrested by police in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/an-answer-to-prayer-for-imprisoned-christians/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/13/wrong-turn-grants-glimpse-behind-nkorean-curtain/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/13/wrong-turn-grants-glimpse-behind-nkorean-curtain/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:07:04 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131079 AP: The press bus took a wrong turn Thursday. And suddenly, everything changed in the official showcase of North Korean achievement. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/13/wrong-turn-grants-glimpse-behind-nkorean-curtain/feed/ 0