Falun Gong Plan Vigil Outside Hu's Hotel
September 4th 2007 05:03
AAP
Sep 03, 2007
PERTH—Falun Gong practitioners are planning to greet Chinese President Hu Jintao in Perth today with a candlelight vigil outside his hotel.
The president of the world's most populous nation will touch down in Western Australia today to meet key business, mining and government representatives ahead of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Sydney.
President Hu will begin his 24-hour visit to WA with a state dinner tonight at a hotel with key WA business, mining and government representatives.
Falun Gong protesters say they will hold a candlelight vigil outside the hotel to protest what they say are human rights abuses against Falun Gong followers in China.
President Hu is expected to tour resource-based sites tomorrow before heading to Sydney.
Two-way trade between WA and China is worth more than $15.3 billion a year and exports from WA to China are worth more $13.8 billion.
China's Premier Wen Jiabao visited WA last year, Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan visited the state earlier this year, and Chairman Wu Bangguo came to WA in 2005.
Sep 03, 2007
Saying that the persecution of Falun Gong in China must stop. (Margery Dunn/The Epoch Times)
PERTH—Falun Gong practitioners are planning to greet Chinese President Hu Jintao in Perth today with a candlelight vigil outside his hotel.
The president of the world's most populous nation will touch down in Western Australia today to meet key business, mining and government representatives ahead of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Sydney.
President Hu will begin his 24-hour visit to WA with a state dinner tonight at a hotel with key WA business, mining and government representatives.
Falun Gong protesters say they will hold a candlelight vigil outside the hotel to protest what they say are human rights abuses against Falun Gong followers in China.
President Hu is expected to tour resource-based sites tomorrow before heading to Sydney.
Two-way trade between WA and China is worth more than $15.3 billion a year and exports from WA to China are worth more $13.8 billion.
China's Premier Wen Jiabao visited WA last year, Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan visited the state earlier this year, and Chairman Wu Bangguo came to WA in 2005.
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