http://www.fatcatnewsvideo.com/ The #1 News Videos Site on the Planet. http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Argotic Syndication Framework 2008.0.2.0, http://www.codeplex.com/Argotic Fri, 18 May 2012 12:21:37 GMT For more news and videos visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ on.fb.me Zhou Yongkang, China's powerful chief of domestic security, has been forced to hand over control of the police and court system, according a report in the Financial Times. The report sources unnamed senior Communist Party members. According to those sources, Zhou Yongkang has been forced to hand over day-to-day control of the Political and Legislative Affairs Committee to the current Minister of Public Security, Meng Jianzhu. Zhou's defense of his would-be successor, former Communist Party official Bo Xilai, was the reason given for Zhou's loss of power. Zhou still retains his position on the 9-member Politburo Standing Committee, the highest ruling body in the Chinese Communist Party. The Chinese Communist Party strives to maintain an outward appearance of stability and uniformity to the public. But factional infighting came to a head earlier this year, with Zhou's faction on the losing end. At the end of this year, a scheduled reshuffling of power within the Party will see Zhou stepping down, along with current Chinese leader Hu Jintao. According to the reports, Zhou has been denied choosing his successor. A source also told the Financial Times that Zhou was forced to make a "confession" to his colleagues about his error defending Bo Xilai, after Bo's career-ending scandal. This kind of group confession has been used since the Cultural Revolution to demoralize ... http://www.fatcatnewsvideo.com/VideoDetail.aspx?pv=yt&assetId=w5VWMuoxk0Y Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT For more news and videos visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ on.fb.me A Hong Kong feng shui master has left court after the first day of a forgery hearing. Tony Chan is at the center of controversy over the will of his former lover, Hong Kong billionaire Nina Wang. Hong Kong feng shui master Tony Chan left court on Monday after the first day of a preliminary inquiry on forgery charges. Chan is the former lover of late Hong Kong billionaire Nina Wang, and had been trying to gain control of her entire fortune—4 billion US dollars. Yet a court ruled in 2010 that a will which left Chan with Wang's entire fortune was a forgery. An earlier 2002 version of the will, in which Wang left the majority of her wealth to charity, was deemed valid. Chan has been on bail of two and a half million dollars, yet was forced to surrender his travel documents and remain in his home in Hong Kong's Peak district. His lawyers are seeking a stay of proceedings, claiming that the will has been so altered by tests already carried out that any further forensic testing is impossible, local media RTHK reported. The hearing has now been adjourned until Thursday May 17. http://www.fatcatnewsvideo.com/VideoDetail.aspx?pv=yt&assetId=lzu9LEM8Sys Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT For more news and videos visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ on.fb.me The Yorkshire Wildlife Park in northern England has a new start attraction. Deciding to name the baby camel, "Elizabeth" was a shoo-in. A cute baby camel has become the star attraction at a wildlife park in the north of England - not least because she's Her Majesty The Queen's Royal namesake. [Michelle Walker, Handler]: "Every year we have a different letter, this year its the letter E. It was obviously the Queen's Jubilee, so it was quite easy to pick one out this year, so she got the name Elizabeth." She said Elizabeth's mother Lottie was doting on her new charge, despite initial problems. Lottie didn't manage to feed Elizabeth immediately after she was born and park staff were forced to step in with a bottle. Luckily, the 3-year-old Bactrian camel Lottie managed to feed Elizabeth the following day and the infant is now being doted on by her proud mum in the camel enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park. http://www.fatcatnewsvideo.com/VideoDetail.aspx?pv=yt&assetId=45fDhP801IM Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT For more news and videos visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ on.fb.me Nine people were killed and six others injured in an explosion at a steel factory in China's Guangdong Province. An investigation into the cause of the blast is now taking place. On Monday, nine people were killed and six others injured in a blast at a steel plant in south China's Guangdong Province. The blast happened at the Shanghai subsidiary of the China MCC5 Group Corporation factory in Shaoguan City. It occurred at about 3:00 pm when workers were installing facilities at the Shaoguan Steel Company. Eight people died at the scene—seven were taken to a hospital. [Chen Jiwen, Shaoguan Steel Hospital Head]: "Four were badly injured, and two of them were sent to Yue Bei People's Hospital. After examining the two, we have made the necessary treatment plans." One of the workers died later in the evening. An inquiry into the cause of the explosion is now in progress. http://www.fatcatnewsvideo.com/VideoDetail.aspx?pv=yt&assetId=El1ssrJa8c8 Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT For more news and videos visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ on.fb.me Colombian police safely detonate a car bomb in Bogota. Hours later another bomb explodes, killing two people. Colombian police successfully deactivated a car bomb in Bogota on Tuesday after residents alerted authorities of a suspicious vehicle. The discovery came just hours before another bomb exploded in Bogota, killing at least two people. Neighbors said they noticed the vehicle after it was apparently abandoned on the street after 5:00 am Tuesday morning. Police safely deactivated the bomb using a controlled explosion. [General Luis Martinez, Commander, Bogota Metropolitan Police]: "It had inside approximately 125 or 130 bars of explosives, shrapnel and metal. It was going to be activated via cell phone; it had 3 phones plugged into the explosives. Fortunately, thanks to the expertise and skill of our men, we were able to deactivate it and the situation is under control." Authorities said they had not ruled out the involvement of Colombia's leftist guerrilla group the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. [Nidia Suarez, Bogota Resident]: "We are completely afraid, we have never seen anything like this. I have worked here for many years and this has never happened." http://www.fatcatnewsvideo.com/VideoDetail.aspx?pv=yt&assetId=wqDdMl_hPew Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT For more news and videos visit ➡ ‪english.ntdtv.com‬ Follow us on Twitter ➡ ‪http & twitter.com Add us on Facebook ➡ ‪on.fb.me Shen Yun is also on Facebook ➡ on.fb.me Twitter ➡ ‪twitter.com And Youtube ➡ www.youtube.com Producer Jim Crill saw the debut of Shen Yun Performing Arts in San Antonio Texas on Tuesday May 8th. He shared his emotional experience with NTD after the performance at Lila Cockrell Theater. [Jim Crill, Producer] "This is the finest thing, the finest event I've ever been to in my life. I sat in the front row, and I was in tears, because of the human spirit, the dignity, the power, the love, coming out of those people was astounding." Fighting back tears, Mr Crill says Shen Yun is the most powerful thing he's ever seen. [Jim Crill, Producer] "I want to go live in China, I want to tell them who you people are. They'll listen to me, because they have to. This is the most powerful thing I've ever seen. It's the quintessential perfection of the human spirit, the talent, the perfection. The eyes of those people are all so unified, the directness. The perfection of their fingers was flawless, like no one can do without the spirit of God in them. I am astounded, I mean, I'm paralyzed." Shen Yun brings back China's 5000 years of divinely inspired culture, Mr Crill says everyone should experience this. [Jim Crill, Producer] "I just wish there was a way I could cry out to mankind and say they owe it to themselves to experience Shen Yun; and the people and ... http://www.fatcatnewsvideo.com/VideoDetail.aspx?pv=yt&assetId=068BF_xeIQs Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT For more news and videos visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ on.fb.me The Financial Times has reported that Zhou Yongkang, the Chinese Communist Party's security chief, may have been forced to give up "day-to-day control" of the powerful Political and Legislative Affairs Committee (PLAC) to a subordinate. The PLAC is a powerful Party organ that controls the police, the court system, and the procuratorate. If true, this would be the latest incident in an ongoing power struggle within the highest levels of the Communist Party. On today's China Focus, NTD Senior China Analyst Heng He talks about whether the reports on Zhou are credible, and how one photo in the state-run People's Daily could hold the key to reading Zhou's fate. And, will Zhou be able to quietly retire at the 18th Party Congress later this year? Or are there more incidents ahead? Heng He NTD Senior China Analyst http://www.fatcatnewsvideo.com/VideoDetail.aspx?pv=yt&assetId=K01zOaKK9jw Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT For more news and videos visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ on.fb.me One of the winners of New Tang Dynasty Television's vocal competition is on his way to the Sicilia Opera Academy to hone his singing technique and explore the operatic style of Bel Canto. The Academy's scholarship program has recently opened its doors to Chinese vocalists. Our correspondents bring you the story. One of the winners of the New Tang Dynasty Television vocal competition, bass Li Yong from China, is on his way to Italy on an artistic scholarship. The Sicilia Opera Academy put up the scholarship to give talented vocalists the opportunity to perfect their craft in Italy with renowned baritone Maestro Marcello Lippi. [William Grosso, President of Sicilia Opera Academy]: "So I thought I would open the doors of my cultural association, which is also an opera academy, to Chinese singers, or Chinese nationals, who wish to deepen the study of singing in a Western country such as Italy, which is also the home of this type of vocal art." Classes for a select few were held in the Pirandello Theater in Agrigento, Sicily and in Rome. The individual sessions in particular gave the vocalists a unique opportunity to fine tune their singing technique and artistic interpretation. [Li Yong, Winner NTD Vocal Competition]: "I learned a lot. The Italian vocal teacher showed me the authentic Italian vocal technique. I feel great studying with him. The way of using the ... http://www.fatcatnewsvideo.com/VideoDetail.aspx?pv=yt&assetId=8JzlIeqjjyg Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT For more news and videos visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ on.fb.me The Dalai Lama is awarded the annual 1.7 million USD Templeton prize that honors people who "affirm life's spiritual dimension." He encourages Brits not to become discouraged in the face of tough economic times. Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama warned the British people on Monday against feeling "hopeless" and "helpless" when faced with economic difficulties. He was speaking just before he received the 1.7 million USD Templeton Prize for his engagement with science and people beyond his religious traditions in a lavish cathedral service. The revered Buddhist leader responded to a news conference question about offering spiritual advice to the British people suffering from economic turmoil: [Dalia Lama]: "We must make effort to work on these things. In order to carry constant effort, we need self-confidence. So please don't feel helpless or hopeless - don't do that. Work hard." The inside of London's St.Paul's Cathedral echoed to the sounds of Tibetan monks chanting for the official presentation of the award. Tibetan dancers, along with wind and rain, greeted the Dalai Lama for his first visit to the Cathedral. Dr. John Templeton, the President and Chairman of the John Templeton Foundation, handed over the official medal (and the cheque). The Dalai Lama announced he was donating 1.5 million USD of the prize money to Save the Children's work with ... http://www.fatcatnewsvideo.com/VideoDetail.aspx?pv=yt&assetId=ksAKKrZIzeI Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT For more news and videos visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ on.fb.me Three-thousand homes are without electricity in northern Chile after a 6.2 magnitude earthquake hits the world's number 1 mining town. No serious damage or deaths have been reported. A strong 6.2 earthquake rattled northern Chile early Monday morning, leaving as many as 3 thousand homes without electricity and forcing the evacuation of 250 people. The tremor struck near Arica in northern Chile near the Peruvian border. There were no reports of serious damage, but residents in the mining town were evidently shaken. [Arica Resident]: "It was terrible. The lights went out. It almost gave my wife a heart attack. We didn't know what to do. We were completely terrified." According to the US Geological Survey, the quake struck at a depth of 61.1 miles, 41 miles east-northeast of Tacna in Peru and 66 miles northeast of Arica - the world's number one copper producer. The director of the region's National Emergency Office of the Interior Ministry says the area is in no danger of a tsunami. [Franz Schmauck, Director, National Emergency Office of the Interior Ministry]: "It [the earthquake] measured 6.4 on the Richter Scale, nothing was affected and it did not trigger the need for a tsunami alert off the coast. The information went through the VHF [radio] system quickly, the civil protection system that immediately helps us discard the occurrence of a tsunami on our coasts ... http://www.fatcatnewsvideo.com/VideoDetail.aspx?pv=yt&assetId=es4L1VrSjus Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT For more news and videos visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ on.fb.me The Chinese regime is dismissing claims by the Dalai Lama that women were sent to poison him. The Dalai Lama made the comments in an interview with a UK newspaper, but admitted he couldn't verify the accuracy of the information. The Chinese regime has shunned claims by the Dalai Lama that they sent women to poison him. In an interview with the UK's Telegraph newspaper, the Dalai Lama said he had received information that Chinese authorities had sent the women pretending to seek his blessing. He said the women supposedly had poisoned hair and scarves. When he would touch them to give a blessing, it would poison him. At a press conference on Monday, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hong Lei accused the Dalai Lama of "spreading untrue remarks" and "deceiving and misleading the world." The Dalai Lama had himself admitted in the original interview that he didn't know whether the information was 100% correct or not, stating "there is no possibility to cross check." At the Monday press conference the Chinese regime's spokesperson accused the Dalai Lama of carrying out "separatist activities." Tibet was incorporated into the People's Republic of China in 1950, the invasion led to the destruction of thousands of religious sites. In 1959 an uprising against Chinese rule led to the Dalai Lama fleeing to exile in India. The Dalai Lama now calls for autonomy and ... http://www.fatcatnewsvideo.com/VideoDetail.aspx?pv=yt&assetId=wTSzHybpwQA Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT For more news and videos visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ on.fb.me Three friends have traveled around the world to 51 countries in 450 days in a British black cab, breaking two records along the way. British university students Paul Archer, Johno Ellison and Leigh Purnell reached the highest ever altitude by taxi—17143 feet at Everest Base camp and they clocked up the longest journey by taxi at 43321 miles—the equivalent of an 80000 pound (US$129000) fare. Luckily they were off the meter in the 20-year-old black London cab named "Hannah", which they shipped from the first leg of the trip in Sydney, February 2011, to San Francisco—driving from the west to the east coast, through parts of Mexico, Israel, Eastern Europe, Spain, France and finally home to England on May 11. Ellison explained the reasons for their mammoth journey. [Johno Ellison, Record Breaker]: "One day we were sitting in the back of a taxi, all a little bit drunk. We were watching the meter go higher and higher and we thought 'What's the highest it's ever been?' So we looked online and there was a world record and we thought, 'We're going to break that' and we did." [Leigh Purnell, Record Breaker]: "We didn't want to see how many jellybeans we could put in our mouth, we wanted to do something more adventurous, so instead of just traveling around the world once we'd finished university, we worked and we did this, so that was our challenge to us." Their trip saw ... http://www.fatcatnewsvideo.com/VideoDetail.aspx?pv=yt&assetId=WXE9bHimf_w Sat, 12 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT For more news and videos visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ on.fb.me Having a lie down at work isn't usually something many companies tolerate, but British-based data services firm Interxion actively encourages it. It's installing sleeping pods to provide staff with a crash pad should they have problems getting to or from work. Interxion are operated out of London and the prospect of transport chaos during this summer's Olympics prompted the investment in the emergency sleeping quarters. Richard Warner is Interxion's marketing manager. [Richard Warner, Marketing Manager Interxion]: "Due to the nature of our business we need to make sure our customers' computers are running all the time 24/7. For example if there was congestion on the lines and an engineer couldn't get in, then their computers could go down and we just cannot allow that to happen." The scheme is going down well with employees too. Kyle Byott is an engineer at Interxion and welcomes the change. [Kyle Byott, Engineer]: "It's a great idea if I'm stuck at work—which hopefully I won't be—but if I am stuck at work it means I'll have somewhere to stay for the time being." Transport chiefs are predicting long queues in at least 20 of the capital's Tube stations during the Games. The full extent of the problem won't be known until the Games gets underway in July. But Interxion has made sure it's not caught napping when it comes to ensuring business as usual. http://www.fatcatnewsvideo.com/VideoDetail.aspx?pv=yt&assetId=mv_CnYJgfUE Sat, 12 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT For more news and videos visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ on.fb.me A one hundred year old dining carriage from the former Orient Express luxury train service has been restored to its original beauty. To celebrate its centenary, the dining car will run again on Friday night. A hundred-year-old dining car that used to run with the legendary Orient Express across Europe, has regained its original shine in Hungary, after decades of neglect under communism, and following a slow recovery in the past twenty years. Now it almost looks like it did 100 years ago and is ready to run on a birthday trip with today's Orient Express on Friday night. [Lord Faulkner of Worcester, British MP and British Railways Heritage Advocate]: "The amount of work that has gone into the restoration has been fantastic and what has been produced is one of the most beautiful railway coaches I have seen anywhere in the world." For the director of the present Orient Express the restoration was especially important: [Claude Ginella, London to Venice Orient Express, Director]: "To me it has a very big emotional importance because hundred years is not just a few years its quite long, long routes across Europe, all the history that goes with it, and also to bring back into the present something that was in the past which sometimes is very healthy." Down to the tiniest details, it retains the original features and has been authentically restored to its old look ... http://www.fatcatnewsvideo.com/VideoDetail.aspx?pv=yt&assetId=TBHTfl9qSc0 Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT For more news and videos visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ on.fb.me State television reports Syrian forces foil attempted suicide car bombing. A Syrian offices says the car was filled with enough explosives to kill 500 people. Content: Syrian state TV says government forces foiled an attempted suicide car bombing with over two-and-a-half thousand pounds of explosives in the northern city of Aleppo on Friday. Syria's Ikhbariya television showed UN monitors inspecting a white mini-van in Aleppo on Friday which an army officer told them had contained enough explosive to kill 500 people. http://www.fatcatnewsvideo.com/VideoDetail.aspx?pv=yt&assetId=veMejpc5rE8 Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT For more news and videos visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ on.fb.me Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski met opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday while on a two-day official visit to Myanmar. Aung San Suu Kyi called for investors to develop regions where ethnic minorities exist. [Aung San Suu Kyi, Leader of National League for Democracy]: "Those who are thinking of giving development aid or investing in Burma should consider having programs not just in the mainly Burmese areas but in the ethnic nationality areas as well. That they should always try to balance one with another. Because although our people are poor, I think, in the main land, I think in the ethnic areas they are even poorer and even in greater need of even more aid." Sikorski said the suspension of sanctions posed by the European Union against Myanmar would encourage economic recovery. [Radoslaw Sikorski, Polish Foreign Minister]: "By suspending the sanctions, we have removed their effects. So you cannot argue that the Burmese economy is not developing because of sanctions, sanctions are not operable anymore. But at the same time we are sending the signal, 'look, we want to be sure that what you are doing is irreversible.' And we think in a year maybe we will be sure. And maybe that will be the time to re-examine the policy." Prior to his visit Sikorski had emphasized that the demand for all political prisoners be released must be met before ... http://www.fatcatnewsvideo.com/VideoDetail.aspx?pv=yt&assetId=9KksvPFNK88 Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT For more news and videos visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ on.fb.me The movie Downtown Express is set in the streets of New York within the Russian immigrant community. [David Grubin, Director, Writer, Producer of Downtown Express]: "I like making a movie in the streets of New York, with immigrant communities, capturing the energy of the streets, and transforming the story into fiction." Sasha is a Russian immigrant and a conservatory student. He is drawn to the popular music while experiencing life in New York. The movie explores through music the clash of Sasha's family values with the excitement of the pop culture. Julliard-trained violinist Philippe Quint plays the main character and performed the music for the film. It is Philippe's big screen debut. [Philippe Quint, Violinist]: "I cannot consider myself an actor. I am still at this stage a musician, who has played a role. I consider the world of theatre and cinema to be an art that requires you to spend as much time to master as I did to learn to play the violin." Quint's role in Downtown Express is the first time a classical musician is featured as the lead in an American independent film. His partner in the film Nellie McKay is a musician as well and it was the first time for her to work on screen with Russian performers. [Nellie McKay]: "It was great and the hardest part was not adopting a Russian accent oneself in a movie because you hang out with these Russians all ... http://www.fatcatnewsvideo.com/VideoDetail.aspx?pv=yt&assetId=Olt2YMA9efw Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT For more news and videos visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ on.fb.me "I would say it helps me to find straightness in every situation of life, every hard situation of life, especially." Ina Calottaschwarz is a practitioner of Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline that started spreading in China 20 years ago. She's from Germany, but today she's in New York to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the practice. Ina recalls her first experiences doing the Falun Gong exercises. [Ina Calottaschwarz, German Falun Gong Practitioner]: "It was unbelievable, goose-pimples all over my body. I've never felt those feelings of strength before." Other Falun Gong practitioners speak of similar experiences. "Now I never have any worries, and I feel very light when I walk." And great changes in their lives. "When friends see me, they see I have completely changed, my complexion is great and my spirits are up. So they say that this Falun Gong is so great." But today they are celebrating in America not China, because since 1999 the Chinese Communist regime has carried out a systematic persecution against Falun Gong. This persecution has led to over 3000 deaths from torture. [Ina Calottaschwarz, German Falun Gong Practitioner]: "It's a hard challenge for us, I would say, to keep clear in mind and to keep good thoughts while hearing this unbelievable cruelness that is happening in China." Cruelty that Yue Changzhi personally experienced in China. [Yue ... http://www.fatcatnewsvideo.com/VideoDetail.aspx?pv=yt&assetId=PiyGcudkLJM Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT For more news and videos visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ on.fb.me A message posted by a netizen on Tengxun Weibo states that on May 10th a woman blew herself up in a village office building in Qiaojia County of Yunnan Province. The woman died immediately, also killing two office staff members and injuring 14 others. According to local villagers, the woman was informed by the local government that they would forcibly demolish her house. Being unsatisfied with government's decision, she blew herself up at the official building where she had been instructed to sign the forced demolition compensation agreement. According to a villager in Baihetan County, information about the suicide bombing has been quickly blocked. No more details have been released. [Villager from Baihetan County]: "I heard that it's because of a conflict with the government's land acquisition. A villagers' committee was blown up. All information was blocked not long after it happened. No one can get in there to see what's going on." NTD called the Propaganda Department of Qiaojia County to obtain further information. However, the officer there did not reveal any details: [Propaganda Department of Qiaojia County, Staff Member]: "The reason (for the suicide bombing) is still under further investigation. It's the police department's duty. We don't know much." According to a BBC report, 4 seriously injured staff members have been sent for treatment to Kunming, the ... http://www.fatcatnewsvideo.com/VideoDetail.aspx?pv=yt&assetId=A9l5g1sAfRc Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT For more news and videos visit ☛ english.ntdtv.com Follow us on Twitter ☛ http Add us on Facebook ☛ on.fb.me The Chinese Communist Party's Civil Affairs Ministry has said in a Monday press conference, they have now eased restrictions on registering political, human rights and social groups. But the chair of the Social Democratic Party of China says his political party won't be registering. [Liu Yinquan, Chair, Social Democratic Party of China]: "I think they have just set up some internal regulations that say whether a group can register or not. They certainly won't approve all groups' applications, like our Social Democratic Party of China. They'll label it as a hostile force that is against the Constitution. We'll just be given a list of excuses why we can't register." And it seems this may be the case. A reporter asked an official if political or human rights groups will be able to apply for registration. The answer - political and human rights groups are not the focus of the change. The necessity of the group's registration will also be reviewed. Before the change, groups wanting to register had to be attached to a specific working group. With workplaces being punished by communist officials for even having underground Christian or Falun Gong practitioners just working in their company, it's not a surprise that not many groups were able to register. Liu Yinquan describes the existence of a "blood-debt clan," represented by CCP leaders Jiang Zemin, Zeng Qinghong ... http://www.fatcatnewsvideo.com/VideoDetail.aspx?pv=yt&assetId=92oreuMYotE Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT