By Tim Graham | November 15, 2014 | 5:16 PM EST
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
By Tim Graham | November 15, 2014 | 5:16 PM EST
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
Mao ‘Little Red Book’ Exhibit Spurs NY Times To Hail China For Better ‘Taste’ Than US In the 1960s已关闭评论
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Tagged Little Red Book, Mao Zedong
By JOYCE LAUNOV. 14, 2014
CreditNicolas Asfouri/Getty Images — Agence France-Presse
HONG KONG — Thousands of pastel Post-it notes, marked with messages of support for pro-democracy Continue reading
Art Spawned by Hong Kong Protest; Now to Make It Live On已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy
Tagged Democracy, Hong Kong, Occupy Central movement
For Press Release
15 November 2014
The 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.
ICPC Statement on PEN International Day of Imprisoned Writers已关闭评论
Posted in Award, Documents, Headlines, honorary Members, ICPC News
Tagged CHEN SHUQING, Day of Imprisoned Writers, honorary members, Liu Xiaobo Courage to Write
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
Elif Shafak writes to Imprisoned Writer Gao Yu已关闭评论
Posted in PEN International News, Writers in Prison
Tagged Gao Yu, PEN International, Writers in Prison
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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: Gao Yu已关闭评论
Posted in PEN International News, Rapid Action Network
Tagged Gao Yu, PEN International
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
Day of the Imprisoned Writer: PEN International calls on governments to free unjustly imprisoned writers已关闭评论
Posted in PEN International News, Writers in Prison
Tagged Gao Yu, PEN International, Writers in Prison
1:20 pm HKT Nov 13, 2014
A photo of a Masonic temple in London’s Limehouse area in the early 20th century. Courtesy Anne Witchard
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
Writing China: Anne Witchard on ‘England’s Yellow Peril’已关闭评论
Posted in Book Reviews
Tagged Anne Witchard, China, England’s Yellow Peril
By China Change, published: November 12, 2014
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
Young IT Professional Detained for Developing Software to Scale GFW of China已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom
Tagged censorship, China, Democracy, Hong Kong, Internet Freedom, Occupy Central movement, Xu Dong