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China frees woman detained for fighting rape case

Chinese authorities have released a woman sent to a labor camp for challenging the sentences handed down to the men who abducted, raped and prostituted her 11-year-old daughter. Tang Hui was ordered last week to serve 18 months in a labor camp for "disturbing social order and exerting a negative impact on society." The crusading mother's case has aroused widespread public outrage and thrown a spotlight on China's controversial reeducation through labor camps.

 

'Crouching Tiger' actress Zhang Ziyi sues over prostitution reports

Zhang Ziyi

Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi sued a Hong Kong newspaper after it claimed she earned millions of dollars from having sex with top Communist Party leaders... The newspaper alleged she earned around $110 million from prostituting herself.

Senh: The Bo Xilai scandal ensnares a celebrity. "The Apple Daily alleged that the star of 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' and 'Memoirs of a Geisha' slept with disgraced Chinese leader Bo Xilai at least 10 times between 2007 and 2011."

 

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