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China News Broadcast, August 13, 2012: Gu Trial Speculation and Disputed Waters
Tuesday, August 14, 2012 4:50
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In today's China news, an update on the trial of Gu Kailai who is charged with poisoning British businessman Neil Heywood. Last Thursday, Gu, along with an accomplice, admitted killing Heywood back in November. And now the lawyer for the accomplice says a verdict may come out later this month, but it's not certain. On Sunday, a boat of Hong Kong citizens called the Action Committee for Defending the Diaoyu Islands set sail from Hong Kong. Their mission: to assert Chinese ownership over the Diaoyu Islands. But there's one problem. Japan also claims ownership of the islands, which they call the Senkaku Islands. The uninhabited islands are located 115 miles northeast of Taiwan. A dam in Daishan County, Zhejiang province, collapsed on Friday killing 11 villagers. The collapse came after Typhoon Haikui hit the region last Wednesday. Taiwanese businessman, Chung Ting-pang, was released from his detention in Mainland China on Saturday. He was first obtained on June 18th. Speaking to the press for the first time, Chung described his 54-day ordeal as “abduction.” Torrential rains from typhoon Haikui battered Wuyuan County, in China's Jiangxi Province on Friday, causing massive damage to farms and infrastructure. HSBC won a court ruling on Monday that cleared the way for police to forcibly remove Occupy Hong Kong protesters from the courtyard at the base of the bank's Asian headquarters. The London 2012 Olympics Games closed last night, an appropriate time to remember athletes from …
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