Monthly Archives: 4 月 2015

Liu Linna and Yang Kuang：Love in a time of political protest

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c1_518271_620x413A budget hotel in Bangkok’s Chinatown was the stepping stone to a new life in Canada for two activists fleeing Beijing authorities

Liu Linna and Yang Kuang were introduced by mutual friends in 2013. They married that year, but being together proved difficult because of their efforts to highlight human rights abuses. (Photos by Wichan Charoenkiartpakun)

Political activists Liu Linna and Yeung Hung met on Valentine’s Day in China two years ago and their romance blossomed, eventually leading to marriage. Continue reading →

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Taking Feminist Battle to China’s Streets, and Landing in Jail

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Wei Tingting, right, outside a court in Beijing where the first case in China involving so-called conversion therapy was being held in July. Ms. Wei is one of five women’s rights activists sitting in jail, accused of provoking social instability. Credit Ng Han Guan/Associated Press

BEIJING — The young Chinese feminists shaved their heads to protest Continue reading →

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Q. and A.: Ha Jin on Patriotism, Exile and ‘A Map of Betrayal’

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By YONGXI WU APRIL 3, 2015 10:34 AM April 3, 2015 10:34 am
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Ha Jin‘s latest novel, “A Map of Betrayal,” tells the story of Shang Weimin, a Chinese mole within the C.I.A. He adopts the name Gary, Continue reading →

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China Blamed for 5-Day Attack on Coding Site GitHub

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By PAUL MOZUR April 02, 2015

One of the world’s great coding libraries is safe, for now.

As of Tuesday, GitHub, a site that hosts code for programmers, said that a major attack that seemed to come from the Chinese government had subsided.

For the last week, GitHub had been overwhelmed by traffic that security experts said originated from China’s Great Firewall. Continue reading →

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China Formally Arrests Three Online Activists For Subversion Over Tweets, Posts

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Updated at 04:35 P.M. EST on 2015-04-02

Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong have formally arrested three netizens on suspicion of “incitement to subvert state power” Continue reading →

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Supporters of Detained Feminists in China Petition for Their Release

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01sino-women02-articleLarge-v2By DIDI KIRSTEN TATLOW April 02, 2015

A person in front of a post box on Tuesday prepares to mail a copy of a petition calling on the Chinese government to release five detained feminists.
Courtesy of Lu Jun

The supporters in China of five feminists who were detained in early March are continuing to agitate on their behalf, despite intimidation Continue reading →

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China has weaponized the Great Firewall, says a free-speech group

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By Andrea Peterson March 30

A nonprofit group developing tools to get around Chinese online censorship says the Chinese government is behind a recent attack that sent a flood of traffic to its site and services. Continue reading →

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