Monthly Archives: 9 月 2015

China: Government Should Account for Activist’s Detention, Death UN Human Rights Council Should Press Government for Answers

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

 

(New York) ­– On the second anniversary of Chinese activist Cao Shunli’s arbitrary detention in Beijing, United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) member states should press Continue reading →

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China Releases Scholar Who Helped Activist Gain Asylum in U.S.

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16China-web-master180By ANDREW JACOBS SEPT. 15, 2015

BEIJING — The Chinese authorities on Tuesday released a founder of a research institute who was instrumental in helping the legal activist Chen Guangcheng gain asylum in the United States after he escaped house arrest three years ago.

The founder, Guo Yushan, a scholar who led the Transition Institute, was released from custody along with He Zhengjun, the administrative director of the now-closed institute, Continue reading →

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Google Won’t Have Easy Return to China

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65D9D77F-4132-4FBB-80A2-26617E163000_w640_r1_sFILE – Passengers look through windows on a bus painted with an advertisement for Google in Beijing, China.
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September 10, 2015 10:04 AM

SINGAPORE/BEIJING—Google Inc. CEO Sundar Pichai has made no secret that he wants to get back into China via Google Play, the app store for its Android mobile operating system.

But it’s unlikely to be a smooth ride.

Google largely pulled its services out of China Continue reading →

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177. GUO YUSHAN (released)

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Guo YushanPen name              

Sex                               Male

Birth date                1977-08-02

Birth place               Xianyou County, Fujian Province

Resident place        Haidian District, Beijing Continue reading →

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191. HE ZHENGJUN (released)

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He ZhengjunPenname                 HE Liren

Sex                               Male

Birth date                1981

Birth place               Bazhong City, Sichuan Province

Resident place        Tongzhou District, Beijing Continue reading →

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Partnership Boosts Users Over China’s Great Firewall

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14CLOUDFLARE-master675By PAUL MOZURSEPT. 13, 2015

Joshua Motta, left, Carmen Chang and Matthew Prince in the San Francisco offices of the security start-up CloudFlare. Credit Jason Henry for The New York Times

HONG KONG — It is one of the best-guarded borders in the world, and one of the most time-consuming to cross. Yet in the past few months, a new agreement has let people speed over it billions of times.

The border is the digital one that divides Continue reading →

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Caijing Journalist’s Shaming Signals China’s Growing Control Over News Media

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By AMIE TSANG SEPT. 6, 2015

07caijing-master180-v3A screen grab of CCTV footage of Wang Xiaolu, a journalist with the Caijing business magazine. He was compelled to confess that he had written a “sensational” and “irresponsible” article on the stock market. Credit Cctv/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
HONG KONG — When the Chinese Ministry of Public Security arrested nearly 200 people at the end of August for “spreading rumors,” one of the most prominent targets was Wang Xiaolu, a reporter for the respected business magazine Caijing.

Mr. Wang was compelled to confess on television before going to trial. Dressed in a green polo shirt and looking downcast, he told viewers of China Central Television, the main state network, Continue reading →

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Rights Groups Up Pressure on White House Ahead of Chinese Presidential Visit

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2015-09-10

U.S.-based rights groups have called on President Barack Obama to invite activists, lawyers and other members of the country’s nascent civil society into the White House ahead of a visit by Chinese president Xi Jinping.

Efforts by Obama’s administration aren’t enough to change the behavior of the ruling Chinese Communist Party, which has stepped up its crackdown on lawyers, rights activists and peaceful critics of the regime since Xi took power in 2012, a letter signed by nine organizations said.

“In light of the high-level reception that will be given President Xi, Continue reading →

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