Monthly Archives: 7 月 2014

PEN International/New Voices Award

PEN International’s New Voices Award encourages new writing in the countries in which we operate, and provides a much needed space for young and unpublished writers to promote their work.
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Li Huaping Indictment

Published: July 10, 2014

Li Huaping (李化平), known online as “Norwegian Wood” (挪威森林), is a dissident and activist based in Shanghai. A key figure in the New Citizens Movement, Continue reading

Li Huaping’s Indictment-Hefei Municipality Shushan District People’s Procuratorate

May 5, 2014

In this indictment against Li Huaping (李化平), the Hefei Municipality Shushan District People’s Procuratorate urges the criminal prosecution of Li for “gathering a crowd to disrupt order in a public place.” Continue reading

What’s Your Book Shelfie Style?

The Huffington Post | By Claire Fallon

Posted: 07/24/2014 9:54 am EDT Updated: 07/24/2014 9:59 am EDT

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Kids today, right? If we’re not taking selfies, we’re taking relfies, or ussies. Most importantly Continue reading

The New Emperors-Power and the Princelings in China

KERRY BROWN 07.23.14

How does one become the leader of the world’s newest superpower? And who holds the real power in the Chinese system? China has become the powerhouse of the world economy and home to one Continue reading

Xiao Guozhen: Meet Guo Feixiong

By Xiao Guozhen, published: July 23, 2014

This is China Change’s second profile of Guo Feixiong. Read the one by Xiao Shu.

 

On August 8, 2013, Guangzhou-based rights activist Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄, a.k.a. Yang Maodong) disappeared. Ten days later following a sustained uproar on social media, his sister finally confirmed his criminal detention upon receiving a notice of such from the Chinese police for allegedly “assembling a crowd Continue reading

Shibasaki wins Akutagawa award, Kurokawa wins Naoki Prize

TOKYO, July 17, Kyodo

Shibasaki wins Akutagawa award, Kurokawa wins Naoki Prize

Novelist Tomoka Shibasaki won the Akutagawa literary award for up-and-coming authors of pure literature, while the Naoki Prize, another renowned award for popular fiction, Continue reading

Critical Chinese blogger given six-year prison term

New York, July 23, 2014–Chinese authorities today sentenced a blogger to more than six years in prison, according to news reports. Dong Rubin, a businessman who has criticized Continue reading