BBC: Chinese visit divides opinion [Excerpt]


Wednesday, 31 October, 2001, 21:29 GMT

[...]

Beijing's Vice-President, Hu Jintao, arrived in Scotland on Wednesday as part of a five-day trip to Britain.

And when he arrived at the Museum of Scotland, he was met by about 60 demonstrators protesting about China's [...] treatment of followers of the Falun Gong spiritual movement.

Demonstrators gathered in Edinburgh

Activists had written to First Minister Henry McLeish urging him to raise the issues with Mr Hu when they had dinner that night at Edinburgh Castle.

[...]

Falun Gong practitioner Rosemary was one of about 30 protesters who gathered at the Botanic Gardens.

However, 26-year-old Wu, from Glasgow, stressed that there were human rights in China.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/scotland/newsid_1629000/1629230.stm

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