A delivery cart and cyclist ride past a building housing the Fengrui law firm in Beijing. Several lawyers from the firm have been targeted by authorities.
HONG KONG — The wife of a detained human rights lawyer in China has accused Beijing police of harassing her landlord and forcing him not to renew her lease. Continue reading
Wife of Detained Lawyer Accuses Beijing Police of Harassment已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer
Tagged Beijing, harassmen, Lawyer, Li Heping, police, Wang Qiaoling
Staff of Chinese cutting edge political magazine Yanhuang Chunqiu at a gathering, July 22, 2016. Photo courtesy of an RFA listener.
A court in the Chinese capital has refused to accept a lawsuit filed by the former editors of the cutting-edge political magazine Yanhuang Chunqiu against the arts institute that owns it following a major change of leadership imposed from above. Continue reading
Chinese Court Rejects Lawsuit From Purged Political Magazine已关闭评论
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Tagged Beijing, censorship, court, lawsuit, Yanhuang Chunqiu
By Paul Eckert
2015-07-24
Tibetan demonstrators urge the IOC to reject the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics bid in a protest in Lausanne, Switzerland, June 10, 2015.
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A group of Chinese intellectuals on Friday called on the International Olympic Committee to reject Beijing’s bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics to Beijing, arguing that China failed to keep the promises of Continue reading
Chinese Activists Urge IOC to Reject Beijing’s 2022 Winter Olympics Bid已关闭评论
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Tagged Beijing, Human Rights Activists, Winter Olympics
3:52 pm HKT Jan 9, 2015
Journalists hold signs saying “I am Charlie” in French and Chinese on Thursday night at the Bookworm cafe and bookstore in Beijing. Wang Zhao/Agence France-Presse
Foreign correspondents who gathered at a Beijing bookstore Continue reading
Police Shadow Journalists’ Charlie Hebdo Gathering in Beijing已关闭评论
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Tagged Beijing, Charlie Hebdo, Journalists
Kirsten Jacobsen, Special to the Register; 11:09 p.m. CDT June 21, 2014
(Photo: Kirsten Jacobsen/Photos Special to the Register)
Walking down the city’s bustling hútong — Beijing’s eponymous ancient, winding alleyways — Continue reading
05.22.14
By Gary Shteyngart
The headlong rush of Beijing’s booming scene, as seen by T+L—old-school restaurants, futuristic architecture, Internet entrepreneurs, and over-the-top nightclubs.
In Beijing, the past trembles Continue reading
