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40 years on, f leeing Vietnamese refugees take to seas again

May 19, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Chris Brummitt The Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Nearly 40 years after hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese fled the country’s Communist regime by boat, a growing number are taking to the water again.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, 2013, Australia, Christmas Island, Four Vietnamese, Geneva Convention, Hoi Trinh, Indonesia, Kaye Bernard, Kien Giang, Nauru, Peter Hansen, Roman Catholics, Several Vietnamese, Trung Doan, Truong Chi Liem, United States, Villawood Immigration Detention Center, Vol 32 No 21 | May 18 - May 24

Pope challenges China with Hong Kong bishop ordination

February 10, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI insisted last week on his exclusive right to ordain bishops as he consecrated a Chinese prelate in an implicit challenge

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, Beijing, Bishop Ma Yinglin, Catholic Church, China, Chinese, Hong Kong, Roman Catholics, Rome, Vol 30 No 7 | February 12 - February 18

Fast-growing Christian churches crushed in China

December 17, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The closure of what may be China’s first mega-church is the most visible sign that the communist government is determined to rein in the rapid spread of Christianity, with a crackdown in recent months that church leaders call the harshest in years.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, Although Christians, Beijing, China Aid Association, Chinese, Communist Party, Cui Quan, Daniel Bays, Fast-growing Christian, Golden Lamp Church, Grand Rapids, LINFEN, Li Fangping, Mao Zedong, North Korean, Roman Catholics, Tibetan Buddhism, Vol 28 No 52 | December 19 - December 25

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