Monthly Archives: 11 月 2014

Mao ‘Little Red Book’ Exhibit Spurs NY Times To Hail China For Better ‘Taste’ Than US In the 1960s

By Tim Graham | November 15, 2014 | 5:16 PM EST

little-red-book[1] (2)The New York Times reported a scandal when a collection of Nazi memorabilia caused a senior Human Rights Watch analyst to be suspended in 2009. Continue reading

Art Spawned by Hong Kong Protest; Now to Make It Live On

By JOYCE LAUNOV. 14, 2014

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Art on the Streets

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HONG KONG — Thousands of pastel Post-it notes, marked with messages of support for pro-democracy Continue reading

ICPC Statement on PEN International Day of Imprisoned Writers

For Press Release
15 November 2014

Chen Shuqing Honored the Liu Xiaobo Courage to Write Award and 17 Writers Adopted as Honorary Members

Chen ShuqingThe Independent Chinese PEN Centre (ICPC) has honoured Mr. CHEN Shuqinqing, its member and an imprisoned writer in China, this year’s Liu Xiaobo Courage to Write Award for his long-term tenacity and courage in writing despite the threat of imprisonment. In addition, ICPC have adopted seventeen of writers imprisoned in China as its new honorary members, including WANG Bingzhang, GARTSE Jigme, WO Zhongxiao, WANG Jianmin, SHEN Yongping, TANG Jingling, WANG Qingying, YUAN Chaoyang, XU Zhiqiang, HUANG Zerong, GUO Yushan, KOU Yanding, HUANG Kaiping, ZHANG Miao, CHEN Kun, CHEN Yongzhou and JIANG Lijun.

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Elif Shafak writes to Imprisoned Writer Gao Yu

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We have never met in person. Yet the honesty, integrity and power of your words and your exceptional courage have travelled beyond the borders of China and reached my heart, Continue reading

Day of the Imprisoned Writer: Gao Yu

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HONG KONG-LITERATURE-FREEDOMBeijing-based veteran journalist, Gao Yu, ‘disappeared’ on 23 April 2014 Continue reading

Day of the Imprisoned Writer: PEN International calls on governments to free unjustly imprisoned writers

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On 15 November, PEN International, the worldwide association of writers, will mark the 33rd anniversary of the annual Day of the Imprisoned Writer, an international day that recognises writers who have suffered persecution as a result of exercising their right to freedom of expression. Continue reading

Writing China: Anne Witchard on ‘England’s Yellow Peril’

1:20 pm HKT Nov 13, 2014

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A new book on the “yellow peril” reminds us that scaremongering about China has a long past.

Anne Witchard, a senior lecturer in English literature Continue reading

Young IT Professional Detained for Developing Software to Scale GFW of China

By China Change, published: November 12, 2014

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XU DONG’S TWITTER PAGE.

A 31-year-old Chinese IT professional named Xu Dong (许东, @onionhacker) was detained on November 4th by Beijing police for “picking quarrels and creating disturbances,” according to tweeted posted by Chinese activist Wu Gan (吴淦), better known by his online ID “Butcher” (屠夫). Continue reading