Canadian gets life in China-World
A Canadian citizen gets life in China for being involved in what the Chinese have called terrorist organizations. He is a member of the Uigher muslim group that has been opppressed by the Chinese government.
This may be another case of proximity. The Toronto Star spent much of the article with his wife talking about how his family was taking the injustice towards her husband, while The Boston Globe just reports the situation very matter of factly.
The Toronto Star talked to all the necassary people, for example Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson and foreign minister of Canada, but they never really explained why he got life. In The Boston Globe AP mentioned in one quick sentence what happened:
"Huseyin Celil was sentenced for the two crimes of "separating China" and "organizing, leading and participating in terrorist groups, organizations," Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said without elaborating." They didn't elaborate, so nobody really knows. This was a very good sentence and I think the Toronto Star should have added something like this so everyone would know that still nobody knows what happened exactly.