【新唐人2015年01月12日訊】三河近千民眾簽名 營救法輪功學員

隨著法輪功真相的傳播，中國大陸民眾公開簽名聲援法輪功的事件越來越普遍。最近，河北省三河市又有近千名市民聯署簽名，營救當地四名被非法關押的法輪功學員。

據美國《明慧網》報導，三河市法輪功學員康景泰、王佔青、馬維山、文傑，去年4月份被非法抓捕，12月9號，被當地檢察院移送到法院。事件發生後，當地民眾發起簽名營救活動，要求當局無條件放人。

據報導，截止到本月初，參加聯名的人數已經達到956人。

大連瞞報災情 數百受損商戶抗議

1月7號，遼寧大連香爐礁舊貨市場發生火災，大火持續2天2夜，燒了近50個小時。事發後，當地政府瞞報災情，將商戶幾億的損失，報為幾百萬，至今未給出賠償安置方案。

1月10號，數百名受災商戶到火災現場舉行集會，抗議政府瞞報災情，並要求合理賠償。政府派出大批警察鎮壓，抓捕2人，打傷1人。

有商戶在網上發帖指責政府救火不力，讓原本可以控制的火勢蔓延，而造成重大損失。商戶質疑，事件背後可能有不為人知的內幕。

斯德哥爾摩大學將關閉孔子學院

最近在美國和加拿大的一些大學相繼關閉了中共開辦的孔子學院之後，瑞典的斯德哥爾摩大學日前也宣佈，他們與孔子學院的合作協議已經到期，並不再續約。孔子學院將於1月30號關閉。

孔子學院由中共教育部下屬的國家漢辦管理和資助，從2004年起，在全球幾百所大學設立。與英國文化協會和德國歌德學院等，以文化交流為目的的機構不同，孔子學院直接設在其他國家的學校之中，並由中共政府提供經費、選派教師、指定教學材料。海外一直有人質疑孔子學院，打著孔子的招牌，卻傳播中共的意識形態。

編輯/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