Monthly Archives: 6 月 2014

China’s Pool of Potential College Students Set to Shrink

2014-06-09


A student (C) hugs a family member after completing his ‘gaokao’ outside a high school in Beijing, June 8, 2014. Continue reading

Chinese Authorities Now Targeting Lawyers’ Lawyers

2014-06-09


Pu Zhiqiang (front right) attends a seminar about the Tiananmen crackdown in Beijing, May 3, 2014.
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China’s ‘Re-education’ For Sex Workers Similar to Labor Camps: Lawyers

2014-06-11

Workers at an entertainment venue in Dongguan crouch by a wall during a police raid on Feb. 9, 2014. Continue reading

Hong Kong’s Autonomy ‘Still Subject to Beijing’

2014-06-10


Pro-democracy activists argue with police during a rally to mark the 1989 Tiananmen Square military crackdown in Hong Kong, June 4, 2014
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Hong Kong Democracy Activists Rebuke China’s White Paper

Protesters raise a mock “white paper”, left, released by Beijing State Council on Tuesday saying it holds ultimate control over the former British colony, outside the Chinese liaison office in Hong Kong, June 11, 2014. Continue reading

A Letter to the Newton (Massachusetts) Community

By Fengsuo Zhou, Yaxue Cao, published: June 11, 2014

 

(Henry Degroot is a student at Newton North High School, Massachusetts. He wrote a pro-democracy note in a Chinese student’s notebook during an exchange program in Beijing and signed it. A Chinese teacher found out. Henry was detained for five hours, forced to apologize by his American teachers, and, back to America, the school barred him from prom.) Continue reading

Prominent rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang could face lengthy jail term, fellow lawyer fears

PUBLISHED : Thursday, 12 June, 2014, 4:12am
UPDATED : Thursday, 12 June, 2014, 4:12am
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Pu Zhiqiang was placed in criminal detention on May 6 after he attended a private meeting commemorating the 25th anniversary of the crackdown on the Tiananmen pro-democracy movement. Continue reading

The Eurasian Perspective of the White Paper on Hong Kong

2014-6-11 20:12:50
As I ate lunch today with a friend at House News, discussing our reaction to Beijing’s release yesterday of a White Paper on Hong Kong, I received two message from another concerned friend. Continue reading