Monthly Archives: 6 月 2014

Design Democracy Hong Kong’s First Report on Universal Suffrage Models

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JUNE 12, 2014

 

As of 5 May 2014 when the government’s five-months consultation ended, Design Democracy Hong Kong (DDHK) received 592 submitted models concerning the system of Continue reading →

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Book Review: “The Chinese Labour Corps”

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4 June 2014

In Western spheres of influence, WWI is also known as The Great War for Civilization, but it’s unlikely that the Chinese men recruited to supplement the French, British and American war efforts would have viewed it as such. Continue reading →

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The Chinese Labour Corps: The Forgotten Chinese Labourers of the First World War by Mark O’Neill

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reviewed by Juan José Morales

15 June 2014 — The 100th anniversary of the First World War has prompted the publication of books that continue to shed light on the conflict, Continue reading →

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YESTERDAY BY HARUKI MURAKAMI

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JUNE 9, 2014


Photograph by Michael Marcelle. Continue reading →

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China: Free Lawyer, Drop Charges-Pu Zhiqiang’s Formal Arrest a Step Backward for Rule of Law

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JUNE 14, 2014
“Pu’s ‘crime’ appears to be nothing more than peacefully pushing the legal system to follow its own laws. By arresting Pu, President Xi has gutted his own commitments to the rule of law, and halted the work of someone critical to legal reform efforts.” Continue reading →

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China to Prosecute Pu Zhiqiang for Activism

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BEIJING — The Chinese authorities on Friday announced the formal arrest of a well-known rights defender who last month took part in a private seminar where participants discussed the army’s violent suppression of the student-led protests of 1989 in Tiananmen Square. Continue reading →

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China: Detention of human rights defenders following commemoration of 1989 Tiananmen Square protests

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HRDs gathered on 3 May for seminar commemorating Tiananmen Crackdown (canyu.org)HRDs gathered on 3 May for seminar commemorating Tiananmen Crackdown (canyu.org)
On 4 and 5 May 2014 a number of human rights defenders in Beijing were taken in for Continue reading →

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Cairo in Chinese

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ALISON KLAYMAN 06.02.14

When Shen Yitong left her home in China to study French at Cairo University in 2008, she didn’t know that she would come to think of Egypt as a second home, Continue reading →

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