By ALEXANDRA ALTER May 29, 2015
Protesters, including some Chinese writers, at the New York Public Library this week while a Chinese publishing delegation attended BookExpo only blocks away.
Sam Hodgson for The New York Times
A few years ago, the Chinese writer Murong Xuecun had the kind of Continue reading
China’s Publishers Court America as Its Authors Scorn Censorship已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Press Freedom
Tagged censorship, China, MURONG XUECUN, Press Freedom
2015-05-28
Shanghai artist Dai Jianyong demonstrates the ‘Chrysanthemum Face’ in an undated photo.
Photo courtesy of Dai Jianyong
Authorities in Shanghai are holding an outspoken artist and street photographer after he posted satirical images of China’s president online, his lawyer told RFA, Continue reading
Shanghai Police Hold Artist Who Posted Satirical Photo of China’s President已关闭评论
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Tagged Artist, Dai Jianyong, Xi Jinping
2015-05-27
Students gather at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, April 22, 1989.
AFP
The ruling Chinese Communist Party’s propaganda department has ordered the country’s tightly controlled online media to delete an editorial hitting back at a recent open letter from overseas Continue reading
China Deletes Editorial Hitting Back at Students’ Tiananmen Letter已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
By Liao Yiwu, translated by Cindy Carter, published: May 24, 2015
My friend Chen Yunfei (陈云飞) has never been of a serious disposition; his mode of dress is, if anything, even less serious. One year on June 4th, the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, he was clad from the waist up in a suit and tie, and from the waist down in a pair of short trousers that made it look from afar as if he weren’t wearing any trousers at all. On that anniversary, he climbed into a blood donation truck parked in Continue reading
Liao Yiwu : Tamer of Beasts, Tamer of Despots已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration, Writers in Prison
Tagged Chen Yunfei, Liao Yiwu
May 27, 2015 6:42 PM
A Tibetan mother of two set herself on fire Wednesday to protest China’s repressive policies towards Tibetans.
Sangye Tso, 36, self-immolated in front of a Chinese security and re-education building located Continue reading
Tibetan Mother Self-Immolates in China已关闭评论
Tagged Tibetan ，Self-Immolates
Student leader Joshua Wong is scolded by government supporters (L) during a promotional event on electoral reform in Hong Kong, China April 25, 2015. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
Tue May 26, 2015 8:19am EDT
KUALA LUMPUR/HONG KONG | BY ANURADHA RAGHU AND SHAN KAO
Student leader Joshua Wong is scolded by government supporters (L) during a promotional event on electoral reform in Hong Kong, China April 25, 2015.
REUTERS/TYRONE SIU
Malaysia on Tuesday denied entry to a prominent teenage Hong Kong activist for a Continue reading
China pressure suspected as Malaysia bars Hong Kong teen activist已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy
Tagged Democracy, Hong Kong, Joshua Wong, Malaysia, Occupy Central movement, Student Leader
2015-05-22
Tibetans pose for a group photo at Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in undated photo.
AFP
The ruling Chinese Communist Party has implemented new Continue reading
2015-05-22
Pu Zhiqiang (front right) attends a seminar about the Tiananmen crackdown in Beijing, May 3, 2014.
Photo courtesy of CHRD
Jailed rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang dismissed charges of “incitement to racial hatred,” and “picking quarrels and stirring up trouble,” Continue reading
Jailed Chinese Rights Lawyer Dismisses ‘Ethnic Hatred,’ ‘Picking Quarrels’ Charges已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, June 4th Commemoration, Writers in Prison
Tagged Human Rights Lawyer, June 4th, Pu Zhiqiang, Tiananmen
