The U.S. and Global Security Review - Blog by Michael Novakhov

Chinese Travelers Blacklisted by Government by webdesk@voanews.com (Shannon Van Sant) Friday May 8 th , 2015  at  9:52 AM Voice Of America 1 Share In China, four people have been placed on the country's new “tourism blacklist” which was created to punish citizens who are caught misbehaving at home and abroad. One of the four was a Chinese teenager who stood on top of a statue of a military soldier in northeastern China and had his picture taken. China says the teen will now be blacklisted and banned from participating in travel groups for ten years. Rachel Lu, an editor at Foreign Policy magazine, says the Chinese government... Chinese Province Issues Draft Regulation on Church Crosses by MICHAEL FORSYTHE Friday May 8 th , 2015  at  9:51 AM NYT > World 1 Share The rules put new legal force behind a continuing campaign in Zhejiang to remove crosses from the tops of churches. ...