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中国派出9名官员观摩今年美国总统大选  2008-11-12  中国媒体日前报道了美国民间机构资助和安排中国官员和学者实地观摩美国11月4号总统大选的情况。自由亚洲电台记者希望的采访报道

美籍华人邵裘德周三获得假释（2008-07-03）因被控逃税已在中国关押十年的美籍华人邵裘德(Jude Shao)星期三获得假释。自由亚洲电台记者高山的采访报道。据美联社报道,美籍华人,原斯坦福大学商学院毕业生邵裘德因被控逃税在上海被关押10年,他在星期三获得假释。邵裘德的案子是美国政府在人权事务方面最重视的个案之一。因涉嫌在医疗设备出口业务中偷逃政府税款39万美元，邵裘德被判刑16年。到今年5月，邵裘德已经入狱十年。

I have watched the presidential primaries quite closely and so far so good. What is America's primary color as a people and nation? Nobody is crazy about politics here, and to me it is a forever swing between hope and disappointment. But that is fascinating, isn't it. I mean the swing. The tension created by all the thrills and spills, once every four years, promises a new beginning at every turn. In any other country, the circus is either unavailable such as in China or downright boring like in many European countries. This year even the business of choosing the main candidates for the top job is just as interesting. This, in the past, would have been done behind closed doors or with a limited franchise to conclude in a few weeks of campaigning outside the mainstream. Not this time. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, by contrast, have spent well over a year to ride through it—and that was just to get high enough for the final coaster ride of the ultimate five months. Great.

美国国会拨款1500万美元，资助开发对抗网络封锁的技术。拨款资助的项目主要针对亚洲和中东的专制国家，其中包括中国。下面是自由亚洲电台记者希望的采访报道。