U.S. Republican Representative Chris Smith of New Jersey speaks to VOA after a U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China hearing in Washington, April 30, 2015. (M. Lipin/VOA)
Michael Lipin
May 09, 2015 6:36 PM
A U.S. lawmaker is encouraging Hong Kong legislators to veto electoral rules proposed by Beijing.
In a recent interview with VOA, New Jersey Republican Representative Chris Smith Continue reading
US Lawmaker Urges Rejection of Proposed Hong Kong Voting Rules已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy
Tagged Democracy, Hong Kong, Occupy Central movement
2015-05-07
Eleven citizens of Shandong who lost family members in 1989 meet to commemorate the 26th Anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown in late April.
Photo courtesy of an RFA listener
Twenty-six years after the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) suppressed the Chinese student-led democracy protests of 1989 with tanks and machine guns, Continue reading
‘We Want The Truth To Be Told’: Tiananmen Mothers已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
Tagged June 4th, Tiananmen, Tiananmen Mothers
2015-05-06
Artist Sun Kai during recent RFA interview.
RFA
A Chinese artist who was portraying the lives of 100 participants in the student-led 1989 pro-democracy movement in Beijing has abandoned the project in the face of growing pressure from the Continue reading
Chinese Artist ‘Warned Off’ 1989 Tiananmen Activist Photo Project已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
By Ilham Tohti, translated by Cindy Carter, published: April 26, 2015
Continued from I. Unemployment and II. Bilingual Education
III. Religion
Overview
Since the July 2009 ethnic unrest in Xinjiang, religious fervor within China’s Uighur community has been rising steadily. Whether in traditional villages in southern Xinjiang, Continue reading
Present-Day Ethnic Problems in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region: Overview and Recommendations (3) – Religion已关闭评论
Posted in Uighur, Writers in Prison
Tagged Ilham Tohti, Uighur
2015-05-06
Gao Zhisheng during an interview at his of
fice in Beijing, in a file photo.
AFP
Top Chinese rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng remains effectively under house arrest, Continue reading
Chinese Rights Lawyer Marks Ten Months Under House Arrest已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Writers in Prison
Tagged Gao Zhisheng, Human Rights Lawyer
By Ilham Tohti, translated by Cindy Carter, published: April 23, 2015
Continued from I. Unemployment
II. Bilingual Education
Overview
Besides unemployment, the issue that provokes the most intense reaction within Xinjiang’s Uighur community is the issue of bilingual education. In practice, “bilingual education” in Xinjiang has essentially become “monolingual education” (i.e. Mandarin-only education.) Continue reading
Present-Day Ethnic Problems in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region: Overview and Recommendations (2) – Bilingual Education已关闭评论
Posted in Uighur, Writers in Prison
Tagged Ilham Tohti, Uighur
2015-05-05
Netizens at an Internet cafe in China’s Zhejiang province, Nov. 2, 2012.
AFP
China’s 642 million Internet users are gradually abandoning the once-popular Twitter-like Sina Weibo and similar sites, as several years of crippling censorship is revealed in recent research, Continue reading
Chinese Netizens Migrate Away From Closely Censored Weibo Platforms已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom
Tagged censorship, China, Internet Freedom
By Ilham Tohti, translated by Cindy Carter, published: April 22, 2015
ILHAM TOHTI WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON ON SEPARATISM CHARGES ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2014.
This article, a total of 24,000 words in Chinese, was first posted on the Daxiong Gonghui (“大象公会”) website after the Uighur scholar Ilham Tohti’s arrest in January, 2014. Continue reading
Present-Day Ethnic Problems in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region: Overview and Recommendations (1) – Unemployment已关闭评论
Posted in Uighur, Writers in Prison
Tagged Ilham Tohti, Uighur
