Monthly Archives: 10 月 2015

Murong Xuecun: A Land China Loves and Hates

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HONG KONG — On the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, a major Chinese television network broadcast a documentary that investigated how Chinese people viewed not only those pivotal events but America itself. One man, referring to the slaughter of thousands of Americans, declared, “What a beautiful job!” Another said, “They should give America more of the same.” And a student standing in Tiananmen Square said he approved of the attacks because the United States was a bully and a hegemon.

Later in the film, the young man in Tiananmen Square went on Continue reading

Hong Kong Police Officers Are Charged in Beating of Protester

16HongKong-web-master675By ALAN WONG OCT. 15, 2015

Ken Tsang talked to reporters in the spot where he said he was beaten by police officers during pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong last year. Credit Philippe Lopez/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
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HONG KONG — Seven police officers in Hong Kong were charged with assault on Thursday in the beating of a protester during pro-democracy demonstrations last year.

The officers are accused of beating Ken Tsang, Continue reading

American Publishers Take a Stand Against Censorship in China

By AMY QIN October 16, 2015

15SINO-CENSOR-articleLarge (1)Protesters at a rally against Chinese censorship in front of the New York Public Library ahead of a BookExpo America event in May. A large delegation of publishers from China attended the trade gathering as guests of honor.
Sam Hodgson for The New York Times

This may be remembered as the year China’s publishing industry truly went global. In May, a large delegation of Chinese publishers attended BookExpo America, a major Continue reading

Detained Chinese Lawyers’ Son Smuggled to Myanmar by Banned Opposition Party: State Media

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Wang Yu (L) and her son Bao Zhuoxuan (R) in an undated photo.
Photo courtesy of a family friend.

As the United States expressed concern over the plight of the 16-year-old son of two detained Chinese rights lawyers, the country’s tightly controlled state media Continue reading

Chinese Police Worked With Myanmar Rebels to Arrest Son of Detained Rights Lawyers: Sources

2015-10-14

image (12)Wang Yu (L) and Bao Zhuoxuan (R) in an undated photo.
Photo courtesy of Bao Zhuoxuan

The teenage son of two detained Chinese rights lawyers was detained alongside two friends and fellow activists in a cross-border police operation in a rebel-controlled part of Continue reading

2010 PEACE LAUREATE LANGUISHES IN CHINESE JAIL IN FACE OF INTERNATIONAL INDIFFERENCE

PUBLISHED ON MONDAY 12 OCTOBER 2015.

As the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Tunisia’s National Dialogue Quartet, Reporters Without Borders notes that the 2010 recipient, the cyber-dissident Liu Xiaobo, has been languishing in a Chinese prison for nearly seven years. The organization urges the international community to put pressure on Beijing to release the citizen journalist.

The Chinese government has been arbitrarily holding Liu Xiaobo, Continue reading

Concerns Grow For Jailed Chinese Journalist Gao Yu After Illness

2015-10-13

ee6450fa-7a5b-41c1-8078-7668f98215cdA file photo of Chinese journalist Gao Yu speaking at a press conference in Hong Kong.
AFP

A lawyer for jailed Chinese journalist Gao Yu on Tuesday warned of her deteriorating health in prison after she received emergency treatment for a heart attack earlier this month.

Lawyer Shang Baojun visited Gao in a Beijing detention Continue reading

Joshua Wong Seeks Lower Age Limit for Hong Kong Candidates

By OCTOBER 12, 2015 7:01 AM October 12, 2015 7:01 am

12sino-wong02-tmagArticleJoshua Wong, the student activist who spearheaded pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong last year.Credit Philippe Lopez/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Joshua Wong was 17 — not even old enough to vote — Continue reading