By Christina Larson September 29, 2014
Riot police disperse demonstrators with tear gas during a protest near central government offices in Hong Kong on Sept. 28
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By Christina Larson September 29, 2014
Riot police disperse demonstrators with tear gas during a protest near central government offices in Hong Kong on Sept. 28
Photograph by Lam Yik Fei/Bloomberg Continue reading
Not Even China’s Great Firewall Can Shut Out News About Hong Kong’s Democracy Protests已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy, Internet Freedom
Tagged censorship, China, Democracy, Hong Kong, Internet Freedom, Occupy Central movement
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Birth place Chongqing City
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Birth place Changchun City, Jilin Province
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Education BA in literature, Jilin University (1982) and PhD in literature (1988) at Beijing Normal University
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While the world watches tense protests in Hong Kong, many mainland citizens in China will not be able to see the unrest because of Chinese censorship.
By TIMES STAFF ChinaMedia IndustryCensorshipInstagramHong Kong Continue reading
Censors in China keep mainlanders in dark about Hong Kong protests已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy
Tagged censorship, China, Democracy, Hong Kong, Internet Freedom, Occupy Central movement
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Chinese police impose tight security, sealing off the road leading to the Urumqi Intermediate People’s court, as the trial of Ilham Tohti begins, in Urumqi, September 17, 2014.
Here is what a court in Urumqi, the capital of China’s western Xinjiang region, concludes Ilham Tohti, a balding, thick-set, Continue reading
An Internet Where Nobody Says Anything-Ilham Tohti’s Sentence Shows Dark Vision for the Web of the Future已关闭评论
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By Asian Correspondent Sep 29, 2014 8:22PM UTC
Thousands of pro-democracy protesters gather at Hong Kong’s Mongkok district Monday evening. Pic: AP.
IN BRIEF: Thousands of pro-democracy protesters were taking part in peaceful protests across Hong Kong Monday night after authorities earlier withdrew riot police from the streets. Continue reading
Massive crowds turn out in Hong Kong for peaceful protest已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy
Tagged Democracy, Hong Kong, Occupy Central movement