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 Taiwan |
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 First Taiwan Boat Reaches Mainland| 2 boats docked completing the first legal direct crossing from Taiwan | |
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| Jan.3 |
 Singapore |
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 Falun Gong followers charged They charged with obstructing police and illegal assembly for holding a vigil for members to have died in Chinese jails
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| Jan.5 |
 China |
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Leaders feared arrest in 1989 Chinese leaders who ordered Tiananmen crackdown feared demonstrators could topple the Communist regime
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| Jan.8 |
China |
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Blizzard kills 21 Thousands without food after a snow-and-sand storm
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| Jan.9 |
China |
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2nd test flight of spacecraft Long March rocket, unmanned spacecraft put into orbit as a vessel intended one day to carry people
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| Jan.11 |
 Hong Kong |
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Chief secretary said to quit| Anson Chan is reportedly resigning after years of cold relations with China | |
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China |
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China's media war on Falun Gong Head of the Publicity Departmentf has ordered the media to continue a campaign against Falun Gong
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| Jan.12 |
Hong Kong |
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Falun Gong gathers| Followers massed in the open without interference by police | |
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| Jan.14 |
 North Korea |
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 Kim Jong Il visit China| Unpublicized 6-day visit to see how China had opened itself to Western contacts | |
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| Jan.15 |
China |
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China counters Falun Gong claims Government said 242 organizers of the Falun Gong were panished
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| Jan.19 |
China |
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Migrants' bodies flown home The bodies of 58 Chinese, whose died in a container in Britain last year have been returned home
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| Jan.20 |
North Korea |
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 Kim Jong Il left Beijing Unpublicized 6-day visit to see how China had opened itself to Western contacts
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| Jan.23 |
Beijing |
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Falun G. members set selves on fire  Map of Tiananmen Square China 1 person is dead and 4 are injured after 5 followers of Falun Gong lit themselves on fire in Tiananmen Square
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| Jan.24 |
Beijing |
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Tiananmen tense Hundreds of police patrolled the square to head off protests by Falun Gong after 5 members set themselves on fire
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| Jan.25 |
 India |
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 Dalai Lama condemns converting| Dalai Lama has joined Hindu leaders in condemning the Christian and Muslim practice of seeking converts | |
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