Monthly Archives: 11 月 2015

Germany’s Angela Merkel Meets With Rights Activists, Dissidents During China Trip

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2015-10-30

image (3)Angela Merkel and Xi Jinping speak to reporters in Beijing, Oct. 29, 2015.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel wrapped up a two-day visit to China on Friday after meeting with nine human rights activists and political dissidents.

The Chancellor, who is currently under fire in Europe over her open-border policy on refugees, met with a group that included human rights lawyers, writers, and bloggers at the German Embassy in Beijing on Thursday evening, Bloomberg reported.

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Author on Trial in China’s Jiangxi Over ‘Brainwashing’ Book

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2015-10-30

84e47fd2-2681-4ce8-8f73-bf15e1d8ed13Author and filmmaker Fu Zhibin is shown in an undated photo.
Photo courtesy of Independent Chinese PEN Center

A court in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangxi on Friday wrapped up a one-day trial of an outspoken author and Internet commentator on charges of “running an illegal business,” his lawyer said.

Fu Zhibin, 51, stood trial at the Qingshanhu District People’s Court in the provincial capital Nanchang alongside two unnamed print workers and an assistant.

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