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.
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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.
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