Last month, a Chinese court sentenced the civil rights activists and lawyers Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi to fourteen and twelve years in prison for “subverting state power,” a charge arising from an informal gathering of fellow activists the two had put together in 2019 in the southern coastal city of Xiamen. The following conversation, excerpted and translated, comes from an
dan to being comfortable back at home. and that is the question america is going to face. it transcends all the issues we are facing today. what kind of health care system we are going to have, what kind of tax policy were going to have. but even more importantly than not, how are we going to measure whether the american experiment is working. you see, the american ideal, the american spirit is one that says, we are all equal. why? we have been created so by our creator. [applause] and in front of the law, we are equal for that reason. that is the measure of the quality. now it s always struck me as odd because people on the left want to use a different yardstick. their yardstick is your measure of quality based on material things. the quality that matters most to them is income equality and economic equality. i find that s so ironic because they are the ones that call last materialistic. but my point is this, those are the two choices that we will face and those are the two
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i am kasia madera. the headlines this hour. does al qaeda have a hole in syria? we have a special report from inside the country. police in new york arrest a man over the disappoint disappearance of this maor more than three decades ago. his brother said he has escaped his closely guarded village. politicians in the ukraine take matters into their own hands after an argument over the new russian language. broadcasting to viewers on pbs and all over the world. this is newsday. hello and welcome. a rebel group in syria have told the bbc that al qaeda is active inside the country. opposition forces have been offered money, weapons, and other support from the islamic militants but have turned it down. syria restricts access by journalists. we have been back inside the country to trying to assess their and florence. influence. syrian rebels in the town. it looks like a bloody fight just to survive. the ultimate goal is to overthrow president assaad. the americans sup
live from america s news headquarters, i m kelly wright. while moments ago president obama welcoming leaders of the world s major powers at camp david, the president hosting the annual g8 summit and the issues at the forefront, iran s nuclear program and international response to the ongoing slaughter in syria. tonight shall the president departs to chicago to host the 2012 n.a.t.o. summit. the u.s. state department confirming a famous blind chinese activist is headed to the oust. cheng guangcheng is headed, in a wheelchair boarding a flight bound for new jersey. he escaped house arrest nearly a month ago seeking sanctuary at the u.s. embassy in