Monthly Archives: 10 月 2016

Chinese Analysis Website Stays Offline as Media Crackdown Widens

Police check the ID cards of netizens at an Internet cafe in Shandong province

Police check the ID cards of netizens at an Internet cafe in Shandong province, July 31, 2013. Imagine China

An outspoken Chinese website that specialized in wide-ranging political and economic analysis remained unavailable on Tuesday, three days after going offline, amid an ever-tightening crackdown on public spaces for debate. Continue reading

Chinese Lawyers Who Highlight Abuse of Clients To Lose Jobs Under New Rules

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A screen shot from the China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group’s Facebook page showing detained family members and attorneys, June 7, 2016. RFA

Rights activists and lawyers have hit out at new regulations brought in by the ruling Chinese Communist Party placing further restrictions on lawyers’ ability to protest abuses of judicial power. Continue reading

Joanne Leedom-Ackerman: Building Literary Bridges: Past and Present

pi82-ourense      Gathered in the ancient city of Ourense, Spain in the heart of Galicia, writers from around the world celebrated history, debated the present and committed to the future of literature and freedom of expression at PEN International’s 82nd Congress organized around the theme “Building Literary Bridges.” Continue reading

178. KOU YANDING (released)

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Sex                              Female

Birth date                1965

Birth place               Tai’an City, Shandong Province

Resident place        Beijing Continue reading

Anna Matteo: Brainwash: Not as Clean as You Think

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Your brain is amazing. Just don’t wash it.

Today we are talking about expressions to describe people who are not in their right minds. People who are not in their right minds are not thinking in a normal, healthy way. Continue reading