Former detainees of the Masanjia Women’s RTL camp in an undated photo. Photo courtesy of CHRD
A Chinese woman who helped to expose the abuse of women inmates at the infamous Masanjia labor camp has fled China to seek political asylum in Thailand, she told RFA in a recent interview. Continue reading
Former Masanjia Labor Camp Whistleblower Flees China For Thailand已关闭评论
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Tagged flee, Hao Wei, Labor camp, Masanjia
Screenshot of Caixin media’s website, which has been accused by China’s censors of “repeatedly violating news and propaganda discipline” during the past year. Public Domain.
The ruling Chinese Communist Party has issued a sharp rebuke to the cutting-edge Caixin media group, ordering a two-month ban on republishing its content. Continue reading
China Slaps Website With Two-Month Suspension From Media ‘Whitelist’已关闭评论
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Tagged Caixin, censorship, Media, Whitelist
11 October 2016 – PEN International welcomes the news that Uyghur scholar and PEN member Ilham Tohti, currently serving a life sentence in China, has been awarded the Martin Ennals Award, a major human rights prize and calls for his immediate release. Continue reading
As Uyghur PEN Member Ilham Tohti wins major human rights prize, PEN calls for his release已关闭评论
Tagged Ilham Tohti, Martin Ennals Award, Uyghur PEN
Environmental activist Liu Shu is shown in an undated photo. Photo sent by an RFA listener
Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Hunan have jailed a prominent environmentalist on charges of “revealing state secrets” in a move that activists said is likely a form of political revenge. Continue reading
China Jails Environmental Activist For ‘Revealing State Secrets’已关闭评论
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Tagged detention, environmental，State Secrets
Uyghur leader Rebiya Kadeer speaks during a press conference in Tokyo, June 20, 2013. AFP
Ankara is bowing to Beijing’s demands by keeping a prominent Uyghur activist imprisoned in Turkey as fears grow among the Uyghur diaspora that he will be sent back to China, an exiled Uyghur leader told RFA. Continue reading
In China’s Next Strategic Advantage: From Imitation to Innovation, George S. Yip and Bruce McKern suggest that China has leapt successfully from being an imitative to an innovative country. As Chinese companies become increasingly innovative and perform better in domestic and international markets, the authors argue that other countries need to learn from China or risk lagging behind. Besides analysing both Chinese firms and MNCs in China, the book also taps into questions of open innovation and intellectual property protection practices. Yao Han appreciates the use of detailed examples and cases in illustrating the process towards innovation in China. Continue reading
A review of Stein Ringen’s ‘The Perfect Dictatorship: China in the 21st Century’
Back in late 2012, when Xi Jinping (習近平) first came to power, there was a flurry of opinion that said he was China’s long-awaited liberal reformer. As time passed, everyone could see that Xi was clearly heading in a more dictatorial rather than democratic direction — purging critics, consolidating power within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), squeezing civil society, arresting rights lawyers, and in the economic arena, unable to boast of anything little better than a lackluster record on meaningful reform. Continue reading
Dinah Gardner: The People’s Republic of Control已关闭评论
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Tagged CCP, controlocracy, Dinah Gardner, Party-state, Perfect Dictatorship, PRC, Stein Ringen, totalitarianism
Liu Xiaobo and Liu Xia in Beijing, Oct. 22, 2002. AFP
Six years after winning the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo looks unlikely to be given the chance to ‘seek medical parole’ overseas like high-profile dissidents have done before him, a close associate told RFA. Continue reading
Six Years On, China’s Jailed Nobel Laureate, Family Face a Bleak Future已关闭评论
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Tagged Liu Xia, Liu Xiaobo, Nobel Prize
