The release of American missionary Kenneth Bae and Matthew Todd by North Korea was widely welcomed while raising questions about why the reclusive State made the gesture.
North Korea freed two Americans on November 8 after it sentenced them to hard labor in separate and unrelated trials.
But mystery surrounded the release.
Authorities have arrested a Chinese pastor who strongly criticized the ongoing persecution of Christians in the country. The preacher, Rev. Huang Yizi, may face a decade of imprisonment after police laid charges of organizing a crowd to cause disorder.
Don’t discount the power of a frown or a pitchfork and a club. In China, these are the Communist Party’s latest weapons to combat terrorism. Party officials have instructed residents to “give an angry stare” to as a way to strike fear on terrorists planning to launch attacks in China, The Telegraph reports.