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Chen Guidi (陳桂棣; November 1942-) is a Chinese writer from Huaiyuan county, Anhui. The book A Survey of the Chinese Peasants (中国农民调查 / 中國農民調查 Zhōngguó Nóngmín Diàochá) which he co-wrote with his wife Wu Chuntao (1963-) was published in January 2004 but banned by the Communist Party in March of that year. It nevertheless won the 2004 Lettre Ulysses Award. It has been retitled and reprinted in English as Will the Boat Sink the Water.

Around 50,000 people attend Orlando shooting vigil Sunday night

Edit WPTV 20 Jun 2016

ORLANDO, Fla. - On the week anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting that left 49 people dead, a vigil was held that brought the city of Orlando together. Organizers say around 50,000 people attended the Sunday event. RELATED. Special Section . Photos of victims ... "It's been really healing." ... "A beautiful thing came out of it," Suarez said ... ....

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n this photo taken Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012, three variations of the AR-15 assault rifle are displayed at the California Department of Justice in Sacramento, Calif. While the guns look similar, the bottom version is illegal in California because of it's quick reload capabilities. State Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, is proposing to change California law to make it more difficult and time-consuming to reload. The proposed measure is one of a number of gun control laws being introduced in some the nations most populous states after the recent shootings in Colorado.

Supreme Court Lets Stand Assault Weapons Bans in Connecticut, New York

Edit WorldNews.com 20 Jun 2016

The U.S ... In December, less than a month after a mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., Justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia dissented when the court refused to hear an appeal to overturn a Chicago suburb's ban on assault weapons. Scalia died in February. Seven states as well as the District of Columbia have enacted laws banning assault weapons, the report said ... He then killed himself....

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Lloyd Blankfein, left, Chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs, is greeted by Hillary Rodham Clinton, former Secretary of State, for a panel discussion, "Equality for Girls and Women: 2034 Instead of 2134?" at the Clinton Global Initiative, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014 in New York.

If Hillary Is Elected Should Americans Expect More "Financial" Warfare Swarming?

Edit WorldNews.com 20 Jun 2016

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas DarlingThe neo-liberal media and crony capitalist press were deathly silent over revelations Goldman bankers were “like a swarm of locusts” over investment opportunities in Libya. If this is the case, Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee, will give a whole new meaning to the concept of military swarming if she wins the White House. Indeed, one only has to look at her tenure as U.S ... ....

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n this photo taken April 3, 2016, Donald Trump’s campaign manager Corey Lewandowski talks to a member of the media at Nathan Hale High School in West Allis, Wis.

Donald Trump parts ways with campaign manager Corey Lewandowski: NYT

Edit CNBC 20 Jun 2016

Donald Trump has parted ways with his campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, The New York Times reported Monday morning ... ....

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File - Dogs being butchered at a local market in Guangdong, China, 1999.

China dog meat festival: Is it really so bad to eat dog?

Edit CNN 20 Jun 2016

(CNN)It's that time of year again when the Lychee and Dog Meat Festival in Yulin, China sets off a global debate on animal welfare and the limits of multicultural tolerance ... READ ... In fact, protest against the Yulin festival began in China, where retired school teacher Yang Xiaoyun paid thousands of dollars to save dogs and cats from the festival, and celebrities such as Chen Kun, Yang Mi and Fan Bingbing have spoken out against it ... ....

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China Convicts Prominent Lawyer Pu Zhiqiang of Speech Violations While Nominated for Columbia 2016 Global ...

Edit Huffington Post 23 Dec 2015

A court in Beijing convicted Pu Zhiqiang, one of China's foremost human rights lawyers, of crimes early on December 22, 2015 because of comments he posted online ... Among his most famous clients is the artist Ai Weiwei. Pu served as defense attorney in 2004 to Chen Guidi and Wu Chuntao, authors of a book, An Investigation of Chinese Peasants, about cases of excessive taxation by local Communist Party officials ... (Full disclosure ... Dr ... ....