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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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