By JACK CHANG and ISOLDA MORILLO
Mar. 11, 2015 10:23 PM EDT
In this photo taken Monday, Jan. 26, 2015, Xu Xing talks about his documentary film work at home in… Read more
BEIJING (AP) — In his small ground-floor apartment just a few blocks from Beijing’s landmark Bird’s Nest stadium, Chinese language teacher, writer and do-it-yourself documentary maker Xu Xing is urgently preserving what he can of China’s forbidden past.
Traveling usually by himself Continue reading
Secret historians preserve past in China amid state amnesia已关闭评论
Posted in History, June 4th Commemoration
by anthony on 15/02/15 at 3:55 pm
How does one reach beyond cliche to unearth the root causes of China’s environmental problems? Start by assembling a panel that rivals those you’d find at international summits: Continue reading
China Environment Panel 14:00 14th Mar / The Bookworm – Beijing已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines
Tagged China, Environment
Published: March 9, 2015
China’s left foot wants to go north, and China’s right foot wants to go south. Both feet have the same goal, and, that is, to maintain the one-party rule.
When I first watched Chai Jing’s Under the Dome a week ago, my response was like everyone else’s: “Bravo!” In early 2013, shortly after the prolonged smog that cloaked much of China which Chai Jing mentioned at the beginning of her film, political science professor Wu Qiang at Continue reading
Yaxue Cao: Under the China Dome – A Reality Check已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom
Tagged Air Pollution, Chai Jing, Yaxue Cao
3/04/2015 @ 9:36PM
Pro-Beijing rally in Hong Kong. Photo: Johan Nylander .
Under the leadership of President Xi Jinping, Chinese netizens have seen their rights to write, read and interact online diminish gradually. Continue reading
For China, Open Internet May Not Mean Diminished Patriotism已关闭评论
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Tagged censorship, China, Internet Freedom
According to unconfirmed reports, Raif (or Raef) Badawi, who was sentenced by a Saudi Arabian court to 10 years in prison, 1,000 lashes , a fine, a 10-year travel ban and 10-year media participation ban for “insulting Islam” and “founding a liberal website”, may now face a retrial for Continue reading
Saudi Arabia: Imprisoned editor Raif Badawi may face death penalty已关闭评论
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Tagged Raif Badawi
BY HU SHIH
Yifei Shi, a second-year student in the Regional Studies – East Asia (RSEA) A.M. program at Harvard and a recipient of the HYI-RSEA Fellowship, recently discovered a book in the Harvard-Yenching Library signed by Hu Shih that has now been reclassified as part of the Library’s rare book collection.
The book, entitled Two Newly Edited Texts Continue reading
HYI FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENT DISCOVERS HARVARD-YENCHING LIBRARY RARE BOOK SIGNED已关闭评论
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Tagged Fellowship, Harvard-Yenching, Yifei Shi
Q: When taking an interview, US President Obama said that he was concerned about information security mentioned in China’s draft counter-terrorism law, and asked China to adjust relevant contents. What is China’s response?
A: As an important step to govern the country according to law, Continue reading
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying’s Regular Press Conference on March 3, 2015已关闭评论
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Tagged censorship, China, Hua Chunying, Internet Freedom
