【新唐人2015年01月12日讯】三河近千民众签名 营救法轮功学员
随着法轮功真相的传播，中国大陆民众公开签名声援法轮功的事件越来越普遍。最近，河北省三河市又有近千名市民联署签名，营救当地四名被非法关押的法轮功学员。
据美国《明慧网》报导，三河市法轮功学员康景泰、王占青、马维山、文杰，去年4月份被非法抓捕，12月9号，被当地检察院移送到法院。事件发生后，当地民众发起签名营救活动，要求当局无条件放人。
据报导，截止到本月初，参加联名的人数已经达到956人。
大连瞒报灾情 数百受损商户抗议
1月7号，辽宁大连香炉礁旧货市场发生火灾，大火持续2天2夜，烧了近50个小时。事发后，当地政府瞒报灾情，将商户几亿的损失，报为几百万，至今未给出赔偿安置方案。
1月10号，数百名受灾商户到火灾现场举行集会，抗议政府瞒报灾情，并要求合理赔偿。政府派出大批警察镇压，抓捕2人，打伤1人。
有商户在网上发帖指责政府救火不力，让原本可以控制的火势蔓延，而造成重大损失。商户质疑，事件背后可能有不为人知的内幕。
斯德哥尔摩大学将关闭孔子学院
最近在美国和加拿大的一些大学相继关闭了中共开办的孔子学院之后，瑞典的斯德哥尔摩大学日前也宣布，他们与孔子学院的合作协议已经到期，并不再续约。孔子学院将于1月30号关闭。
孔子学院由中共教育部下属的国家汉办管理和资助，从2004年起，在全球几百所大学设立。与英国文化协会和德国歌德学院等，以文化交流为目的的机构不同，孔子学院直接设在其他国家的学校之中，并由中共政府提供经费、选派教师、指定教学材料。海外一直有人质疑孔子学院，打着孔子的招牌，却传播中共的意识形态。
编辑/周玉林
Nearly 1,000 People in Hebei Sign Letter Demanding Release of Falun Gong Practitioners
More and more Chinese people are openly showing support
for Falun Gong practitioners in China as more Chinese people
learn about the facts on Falun Gong.
In Sanhe City, Hebei Province, nearly 1,000 residents
are adding their signatures to a letter demanding the release
of four illegally detained local Falun Gong practitioners.
The Minghui website (minghui.org) reports that in Sanhe City
four Falun Gong practitioners, Kang Jingtai, Wang Zhanqing,
Ma Weishan and Wen Jie, were illegally arrested last April.
On Dec. 9, their cases were transferred
from the local procuratorate to the court.
Locals began a rescue campaign upon hearing the news,
demanding the immediate release of these practitioners.
According to the report, 956 people had signed
the petition by the beginning of January.
Hundreds of Market Fire Accident Victims in Dalian Protested Against Distorted Media Reports
On Jan. 7, a fire accident occurred at a flea market
in Xianglujiao, Dalian City, Liaoning Province.
The fire burned for nearly 50 hours, but the local government
later attempted to conceal the facts of the accident.
Local media reported the commercial tenants
suffered economic losses of only several million yuan,
while victims say the real amount is several hundred million.
In addition, the government hasn’t announced
any plans for compensation or resettlement.
On Jan. 10, hundreds of victims gathered at the ruins
to protest against the distorted media reports
and demand compensation.
Large groups of police were sent to suppress
the demonstration.
Two people were arrested and another one was injured.
Some victims posted online messages saying the
government had been very ineffective in fighting the fire
as they failed to stop fire spread that could have
been controlled, leading to huge economic loss.
The entire incident has left many victims suspicious
that there might be an uncovered plot behind the scene.
Stockholm University Will Close its Confucius Institute by January
Stockholm University recently announced that it would not
renew the contract with the Confucius Institute.
The decision follows in the wake of many American
and Canadian universities that are rejecting the institutes.
The Confucius Institute of Stockholm University
will close on Jan. 30.
Confucius Institutes are sponsored and operated by
the Office of Chinese Language Council International,
and affiliated with China’s Ministry of Education.
Since its founding in 2004, Confucius Institutes have been
started in hundreds of universities all over the world.
Unlike other institutes specializing in cultural exchange,
such as British Council and Goethe-Institut,
Confucius Institutes are directly set up in foreign universities,
meanwhile funds, teachers and textbooks
are all provided by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Confucius Institutes have long been controversial
and been criticized for promoting the CCP’s ideology
in the name of Confucius.
Edit/Zhou Yulin
