Citizen journalist Yuan Ying, one of the Tianwang contributors already released, is shown in an undated photo. RFA
Chinese police are still holding a citizen journalist detained during the G20 summit in Hangzhou last month, prompting calls for her release from an international rights group concerned that she may be at risk of torture. Continue reading
Rights Groups Call For Release of Chinese Citizen Journalist Detained at G20已关闭评论
Posted in Internet Freedom, Press Freedom
Tagged G20, Journalist, Qin Chao, Tianwang
Inner Mongolian dissident Huuchinhuu is shown in an undated photo provided by her family. RFA
Chinese authorities have shuttered a popular website used by ethnic Mongolians following the death of a veteran dissident writer. Continue reading
‘She Was The Pride of The Mongolian People’已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom
Tagged Death, Gao Yulian, Huuchinhuu, Huuchinhuu Govruud, Inner Mongolia
China Lawyers Crackdown: In this Wednesday, July 6, 2016 photo, Yuan Shanshan, the wife of detained Chinese lawyer Xie Yanyi, holds an official notice of Xie’s detention from the Tianjin Public Security Bureau in their apartment in Miyun, on the outskirts of Beijing.
As China hosts high-level political meetings in Beijing, the families of five jailed human rights lawyers have written President Xi Jinping an open letter, urging the top leader to stop a controversial nationwide crackdown of lawyers. Continue reading
Joyce Huang: Detained Lawyers’ Families Send Open Letter to China’s Xi Jinping已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer
Tagged Blast, Joyce Huang, open letter, wife, Xi Jinping, Xie Yanyi
Chinese tourists in Edinburgh. Image via Wikimedia Commons
Tienchi Martin-Liao: The Unwelcome Chinese已关闭评论
Posted in Book Reviews, Tienchi Martin-Liao
Tagged Chen Pokong, The Unwelcome Chinese, Tienchi Martin-Liao
Family members and lawyers of detained lawyers and their colleagues gather after another attempt to seek answers about China’s biggest-ever crackdown on human rights lawyers in Tianjin, Jan. 8, 2016. AFP
Prominent rights activists and campaigners have called on democratic members of the United Nations to block China’s re-election on Friday for another two-year term on its Human Rights Council. Continue reading
Rights Groups Slam China’s Record Ahead of U.N. Council Vote已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer
Tagged Human Rights Council, United Nations
By Tim Masters
Paul Beatty with the Duchess of Cornwall. PA
Paul Beatty has become the first US author to win the Man Booker Prize with his racial satire The Sellout.
His novel tells the story of a young black man who tries to reinstate slavery and racial segregation in a suburb of Los Angeles. Continue reading
Man Booker Prize: Paul Beatty becomes first US winner for The Sellout已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, literature
Tagged Man Booker Prize, Paul Beatty, The Sellout
By Nigel Hunt, CBC News Posted: Oct 24, 2016 2:50 PM ETLast Updated: Oct 25, 2016 8:29 AM ET
‘I feel like I’ve won the lottery of lotteries already,’ said Booker-nominated Canadian author Madeleine Thien, seen greeting a fan at the 2016 Vancouver Writers Festival. Thien’s latest novel is also nominated for the Governor General’s Literary Awards, the Giller Prize and other honours. (CBC)
Madeleine Thien, Canada’s newest literary star, a favourite to win prestigious Man Booker Prize已关闭评论
Posted in Calture Revolution, literature
Tagged Canada, Governor General's Award, Madeleine Thien, Nigel Hunt
Food for thought? What comes out of China’s Communist Party plenums is often limited.
China’s top Communist party officials are in Beijing for a four-day, behind-closed-doors meeting this week.
The plenum kicks off a big year for China, building up to next year’s party congress, a twice-a-decade event. Continue reading
Karishma Vaswani: China plenum: Looking for clues on China’s economy已关闭评论
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Tagged Corruption, economy, Karishma Vaswani, plenum, Xi Jinping
