2014-06-16
Visitors looking at photos of victims at the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall in Nanjing, in eastern China’s Jiangsu province, June 11, 2014.
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2014-06-16
Visitors looking at photos of victims at the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall in Nanjing, in eastern China’s Jiangsu province, June 11, 2014.
AFP Continue reading
Chinese Netizens, Commentators Slam ‘Massacre’ Article已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
by Tienchi Martin-Liao / June 11, 2014
How the Chinese government’s hidden past is torturing its present.
In Memory of Tiananmen Square Protest
The Hong Kong Federation of Social Work students carry a tombstone with the names of June 4th victims in memory of the Tiananmen Square protests. Photo: Bandari Lei via Flickr. Continue reading
Tienchi Martin-Liao: A Spectre is Haunting China—the Spectre of June 4已关闭评论
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Tagged June 4th, Pu Zhiqiang, Tiananmen, Tienchi Martin-Liao
by Tienchi Martin-Liao / May 28, 2014
A new period of persecution in China.
Tiananmen May 1989
Student protest in Tiananmen Square, May 1989 Photo: Robert Croma via Flickr Continue reading
Tienchi Martin-Liao:“Creating a Disturbance in a Public Place, Causing Serious Disorder”已关闭评论
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Tagged June 4th, Pu Zhiqiang, Tiananmen, Tienchi Martin-Liao
by Tienchi Martin-Liao / February 12, 2014
Did China imprison activists and dissident writers to divert attention from corruption scandal?
Xu Zhiyong and Hu Jia Supporters Continue reading
Posted in Headlines, Tienchi Martin-Liao
Tagged Activists, Dissident Writers, Hu Jia, Xu Zhiyong
by Tienchi Martin-Liao / January 29, 2014
Song Binbin, a former Red Guard, officially apologizes…
Song Binbin and Mao
Song Binbin pins a Red Guard armband on Mao Zedong, Aug. 18, 1966. Photo via WantChinaTimes. Continue reading
Tienchi Martin-Liao: Also Sprach the Puppet-Song Binbin, a former Red Guard, officially apologizes…已关闭评论
Posted in History, Tienchi Martin-Liao
Tagged Bian Zhongyun, Red Guard, Song Binbin
By Tom Mitchell in BeijingAuthor alerts
Beijing deported a prominent Chinese-Australian artist on Monday, capping one of China’s most severe crackdowns on dissent in recent years.
Guo Jian, 52, was detained on June 1 for an alleged visa violation, according to China’s foreign affairs ministry. Continue reading
China deports artist Guo Jian in Tiananmen crackdown已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
Lawyer representing academic cites unconfirmed reports of ‘heavy’ sentencing after arrest and charges related to separatism
Tania Branigan in Beijing
theguardian.com, Monday 16 June 2014 08.34 EDT
By JOHN WILLIAMSJUNE 13, 2014
When BookExpo America, the annual trade convention, took place in Manhattan two weeks ago, the publishing industry turned its gaze to the traditionally heavy-hitting fall season. Continue reading