19 June 2014 Last updated at 00:04 ET
The activists with their banner
New Citizens’ Movement calls for more openness from the government
Three Chinese anti-corruption activists have been given lengthy jail terms for urging officials to disclose wealth.
Wei Zhongping and Liu Ping, associated with the New Citizens’ Movement, were given six-and-a-half years in jail. A third activist, Li Sihua, received a shorter sentence. Continue reading
China jails ‘New Citizens’ Movement’ activists已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, New Citizens' Movement
Tagged Li Sihua, Liu Ping, New Citizens' Movement, Wei Zhongping
2014-06-17
Chinese parents stand next to their children suffering from lead poisoning at a hospital in Anhui province, Jan. 6, 2011.
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China Suspends Officials After Lead Poisoning in Hunan Children已关闭评论
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Tagged Children, Hunan, Lead Poisoning
2014-06-16
A billboard promotes an unofficial referendum calling for full democracy and universal suffrage in Hong Kong, June 14, 2014.
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2014-06-18
Chinese police at the scene of protests against a waste disposal plant by residents of Fairview Peninsula in Guangdong’s Panyu city, June 18, 2014. Continue reading
Garbage Plants Draw Fresh Ire in China’s Guangdong已关闭评论
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Tagged Garbage Plants, Guangdong
June 6, 2014
National Copyright Administration
Revision Draft, Submission Version
Chapter I: General Principles
Chapter II: Copyright
Section I: Copyright holders and their rights
Section II: Copyright entitlement
Section III: The term of protection of copyright
Chapter III: Related rights Continue reading
Copyright Law of the People’s Republic of China (Revision Draft, Submission Version)已关闭评论
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Chinese analysts should stop asking China to follow in the footsteps of the USSR.
By Yang Hengjun
June 18, 2014
Right now there’s an interesting phenomenon: whenever something happens in China, there will always Continue reading
JUNE 17, 2014
By MURONG XUECUN
On June 1, my friend Pastor Wang Yi of the Early Rain Reformed Church in Chengdu was arrested while distributing anti-forced-abortion leaflets. The stated grounds for detaining him were “illegal advertising.” Continue reading
MURONG XUECUN: China’s Clampdown on ‘Evil Cults’已关闭评论
Posted in Murong Xuecun, Religious Freedom
Tagged Christian churches, MURONG XUECUN, Wang Yi
By AMY QIN JUNE 17, 2014 7:09 AM
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Wu Qidi, Chinese deputy minister of education, spoke at the opening of the Confucius Institute at the University of Kansas’ Edwards Continue reading
U.S. Professors Call on Colleges to Re-evaluate Confucius Institutes已关闭评论
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Tagged Confucius Institutes, Re-evaluate
