Monthly Archives: 6 月 2014

Tibetans, Uyghurs Remember Own Crackdowns on Tiananmen Anniversary

By Richard Finney
2014-06-04


Chinese paramilitary police patrol in front of the Potala Palace in Lhasa, June 20, 2008. Continue reading

Hong Kong Marks Tiananmen 25th Anniversary As China Clamps Down

2014-06-04


A man takes a picture with his mobile phone as people hold candles to commemorate China’s 1989 Tiananmen Square events during a vigil in Hong Kong, June 4, 2014. Continue reading

Open Letter to China Leader Criticizes June 4 Detentions

By THE INTERNATIONAL NEW YORK TIMES JUNE 8, 2014
An open letter to the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, criticizing the arrests of scholars, writers and others before the Tiananmen Square massacre anniversary, was signed as of Wednesday by 79 international China scholars. Continue reading

Bernard Wasserstein’s ‘Ambiguity of Virtue,’ and More

By DAGMAR HERZOGJUNE 6, 2014


Credit Illustration by John Gall
By Götz Aly

Metropolitan/Holt, $30. Continue reading

China censors sweep web of Tiananmen references

POSTED: 05 Jun 2014 19:07

China’s state censors on Thursday scrubbed the Internet of references to commemorations of the Tiananmen incident including a huge vigil in Hong Kong, extending a campaign of repression that has seen dozens of critics detained. Continue reading

The latest New York Times best-seller lists

 

June 08,2014-June 22,2014

COMBINED PRINT & E-BOOK FICTION

SKIN GAME, by Jim Butcher

UNLUCKY 13, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

AIR BOUND, by Christine Feehan Continue reading

LACMA Chinese art curator Yu Yu to lead USC Pacific Asia Museum

 


Christina Yu Yu

USC is hiring Christina Yu Yu, a curator of Asian Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Continue reading

Restrictions, Detentions, and Disappearances before June 4, 2014

Compiled by HRIC based on published reports and information available online. Last updated on June 6, 2014. Total Count: 126 individuals. (Those with an asterisk have been released). Continue reading