Monthly Archives: 8 月 2014

Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag

By Kang Chol-hwan and Pierre Rigoulot

Translated from French by Yair Reiner Continue reading →

Wang Lixiong and Woeser: A Way Out of China’s Ethnic Unrest?

Ian Johnson
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Sim Chi Yin
Wang Lixiong and Woeser
Woeser and Wang Lixiong are two of Continue reading →

Banned on Weibo: President Xi’s Facebook presence

By David Bandurski | Posted on 2014-08-11
The following post by “Kid Shoes_1009” (小童鞋_1009), was deleted sometime before 1:02 AM today, August 11, 2014. Continue reading →

Ottilie Mulzet: A veneer of erudition

Ottilie Mulzet on translating László Krasznahorkai’s Seiobo there Below, winner of this year’s Best Translated Book Award

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Posted by Emma Cleave, Wednesday 6th August, 2014

I have a folder, partially virtual, partially real, entitled Continue reading →

Prominent Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Released

On Thursday, Chinese authorities released prominent human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng from Continue reading →

Tibetan Writer Woeser Detained on Arrival at Lhasa Airport

2014-08-08 

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Woeser in an undated photo.
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Updated at 2.45 p.m. ET on 2014-08-08

Beijing-based Tibetan poet and writer Tsering Woeser said Chinese Continue reading →

Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 69 Years Later

AUGUST 07, 2014

By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan

“I hate war,” Koji Hosokawa told me as we stood next to the A-Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, Japan. The skeletal remains of the four-story building stand at the edge of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. Continue reading →

Prominent Rights Lawyer Is Freed From Chinese Prison, His Relatives Say

By CHRIS BUCKLEYAUG. 7, 2014

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Gao Zhisheng in 2010. Credit Gemunu Amarasinghe/Associated Press

HONG KONG — One of China’s most famous dissident lawyers, Continue reading →