2014-06-20
By Parameswaran Ponnudurai
Chinese police take away alleged sex workers and clients at an entertainment center in Dongguan, southern China’s Guangdong province, Feb. 9, 2014.
Photo: RFA
The U.S. State Department on Friday upgraded China Continue reading
US Move to Upgrade China in Human Trafficking Ranking Questioned已关闭评论
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Tagged China, Human Trafficking
By TONY HORWITZJUNE 19, 2014
Credit Anna Parini
WEST TISBURY, Mass. — FIVE months ago I published a short book called “Boom.” Commercially it was a bust. No news in that: Most books lose money and are quickly forgotten by all but their wounded authors. Continue reading
TONY HORWITZ: I Was a Digital Best Seller!已关闭评论
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Tagged Boom, Digital Best Seller, TONY HORWITZ
June 20th, 2014 by Ken Smith
The rural Chinese village of Dimen, above, in southwest China’s Guizhou province, is home to the Dong minority — and the recently founded Dimen Dong Eco-Museum. Continue reading
Rural ‘Eco-Museum’ in China Preserves a Song Tradition, and a People’s Culture已关闭评论
Posted in Culture, Headlines, Religious Freedom
Tagged Dimen, Dong Eco-Museum, Guizhou
By Bruce Einhorn June 20, 2014
Occupy Central organizer Benny Tai
Photograph by Bobby Yip/Landov
Benny Tai, a soft-spoken law professor at the University of Hong Kong, is the man behind Occupy Central with Love and Peace, Continue reading
Hong Kong’s Most Dangerous Man Wants People to Vote已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy
Tagged Democracy, Hong Kong, Occupy Central, People to Vote
Occupy Central, a grassroots movement that aims to bring universal suffrage to Hong Kong, has been subject to “one of the largest and most persistent DDoS attacks in the history of the Internet,” Continue reading
CloudFlare: Hong Kong democracy movement hit by ‘one of largest DDoS attacks in internet history’已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy, Internet Freedom
Tagged Democracy, Hong Kong, Occupy Central
Compiled by HRIC based on published reports and information available online. Last updated on June 19, 2014. Total Count: 130 individuals. (An asterisk (*) denotes that the detention or physical restriction of the individual has ended.). Continue reading
Restrictions, Detentions, Disappearances, Arrests before and beyond June 4, 2014已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
By Shun Ni, published: June 20, 2014
Zhaoyuan is my hometown. The Baidu Encyclopedia tells us that Zhaoyuan (招远) is one of the top one hundred counties in China. It was established as Zhaoyuan County in the year 1131. As of the end of 2013, Continue reading
What Kind of a Place Is Zhaoyuan? A slice of China.已关闭评论
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Tagged Zhaoyuan
As of June 20, the following search terms are blocked on Weibo (not including the “search for user” function).
Returning From Exile: Tiananmen protest leader Zhou Fengsuo, who has been living in exile as a US citizen for the past 25 years, returned to Beijing on the anniversary of the June 4th crackdown. Continue reading
Sensitive Words: Returning From Exile, Hunting Tigers已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom, June 4th Commemoration
Tagged June 4th, Sensitive Words, Tiananmen, Zhou Fengsuo
