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International Chinese Vocal Competition Assists Chinese People Worldwide to Discover Their Cultural Roots (Photos)

(Clearwisdom.net) New Tang Dynasty Television (NTDTV) will host the first International Chinese Vocal Competition in Kaufmann Concert Hall in New York City, from October 15-17. The competition will bring more than 100 talented Chinese vocalists together, who will compete in front of a live audience in two categories - "Chinese Folk Singing" and "Bel Canto". The competition has received high remarks from many achieved vocalists around the world.

UK Member of Parliament: "The repression, imprisonment and mistreatment of Falun Gong practitioners should cease"

Keith Hill, MP for Streatham, made the following speech on Thursday 11th October in the UK House of Commons.

I am very pleased to speak for the first time in more than nine years as a Back Bencher under your chairmanship, Mr. Chope. I congratulate the Foreign Affairs Committee on their excellent report and my hon. Friend the Member for Ilford, South (Mike Gapes) on his presentation of it. I do not intend to detain the House for long, partly because other hon. Members will be anxious to speak and partly because I want to raise an aspect of human rights in China. China is referred to in the report, but I am well aware that it was only six months ago that the House debated the FAC's report on east Asia in this Chamber and that China was the main focus of that debate.

Taiwan: Practitioners in Jiayi Hold a One-day Group Fa Study and Experience Sharing

(Clearwisdom.net) On October 10, 2007, Falun Gong practitioners in Jiayi held a one-day group Fa study and experience sharing meeting at Boai Primary School during the National Day holiday. Group study and experience sharing is held once every two months in Jiayi. In the morning, the practitioners studied Master's scriptures in small groups on campus. In the afternoon, the practitioners gathered in the middle porch to share their experiences in cultivation and truth-clarification, for their mutual improvement.