Chinese blogger Lu Yuyu (R) and his girlfriend, Li Tingyu, in undated photo. Not the News.
A Chinese citizen journalist who meticulously recorded details of public protests and other ‘mass incidents’ has begun a hunger strike in protest at his mistreatment while in police detention, a rights lawyer said on Friday. Continue reading
Chinese Citizen Journalist on Hunger Strike Over Beatings in Detention已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom
Tagged detention, hunger strike, Li Tingyu, Lu Yuyu, Not the News, Torture
It’s not easy to read a prison memoir like this one: For a Song and a Hundred Songs, A Poet’s Journey through a Chinese Prison by Liao Yiwu is a confronting book and it took me a while to get through it. It’s a bit like reading Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich – one can’t just scamper through it, because each chapter is a catalyst for all kinds of reflections about the power of the state … Continue reading
For a Song and a Hundred Songs, by Liao Yiwu, translated by Wenguang Huang已关闭评论
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Tagged Liao Yiwu, Wenguang Huang
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A statue of late Chairman Mao Zedong is pictured at Beijing University of Chemical Technology in Beijing, China, August 4, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo
SYDNEY Australia’s two biggest cities Sydney and Melbourne canceled concerts commemorating the death of former Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong, with one citing safety concerns, after Chinese Australians complained the content was insensitive.
The incident signifies the continued divisiveness of Mao among Chinese, both at home and abroad, four decades after his death.
In China there is a quiet resurgence in popularity toward Mao, with his image adorning banknotes and his embalmed body attracting hundreds, if not thousands, of visitors a day to Beijing. But there is also continued criticism among Chinese of his reign, under which tens of millions died.
For weeks, Chinese in Sydney and Melbourne complained that the “Glory and Dream” concerts, scheduled for September in both cities’ town halls, lionize a leader they see as responsible for millions of deaths.
On Thursday, a spokesperson for the City of Sydney said in an email that after consulting police, the council had “concerns regarding the potential for civil disturbance, patron-to-patron conflict and staff-to-patron conflict” and canceled the event.
The spokesperson said the concert organizers, who booked the venue and arranged the concerts without council involvement, had also determined that the event was “at high risk of disruption and elevated risk to personal safety”.
A spokeswoman for City of Melbourne said the concert was also canceled in that city, but declined to give a reason saying it was the decision of the organizers.
An organizer of the events, Sydney property developer Peter Zhu, said in a telephone call that he was only the “sponsor” and declined to comment further. The other organizer, a group called the International Cultural Exchange Association, did not respond to emails and calls.
Mao, who died in 1976, remains a polarizing figure in China.
Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-china-mao-zedong-exclusive-idUSKCN1173NZ
A screen shot from the China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group’s Facebook page showing detained family members and attorneys, June 7, 2016. RFA
Concerns are growing for the safety of dozens of human rights lawyers and associates locked up in an unknown location by the Chinese authorities in a crackdown that started in July 2015, as the international community marks a day of concern for the victims of enforced disappearances. Continue reading
Concerns Mount For Detained Chinese Lawyers on ‘Disappearance Day’已关闭评论
Posted in Human Rights Lawyer
Tagged disappearance, Lawyer, Wang Yu, Xie Yanyi, Zhao Wei
Aug 29, 2016 — Press Release from Embrace Australian Values Alliance (EAVA)
-the City of Sydney is seeking advice from foreign affairs
29 August 2016
Spokesman of the Embracing Australian Values Alliance (EAVA), John Hugh said that the leading members of the EAVA held a talk with Ms. Monica Barone, CEO of the City of Sydney today on the topic of leasing Town Hall to the International Cultural Exchange Association of Australia (ICEAA) for a concert praising Mao Tse-tung, the worst mass murderer in the human history. Continue reading
In his book “The China Strategy”, Edward Tse shared his years of experience as a consultant to a lot of companies outside of China that he helped build their businesses in China. The 247 page book isn’t a long read as most people would think. Edward carefully touched on the key areas that has formed the China Strategy that we know today. Continue reading
Emmanuel Ogunsola: The China Strategy #TWBR已关闭评论
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The shutdown of an esteemed liberal Chinese newspaper by government affiliates reveals the Chinese Revolution devouring its own. Continue reading
The Old Man and His Magazine已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Press Freedom, Tienchi Martin-Liao
Tagged censorship, Du Daozheng, homeslider, Tienchi Martin-Liao, Yang Jishen, Yanhuang Chunqiu
A mother (C) shows her child pictures of former communist party leaders Mao Zedong (top L) and Deng Xiaoping (top R) in Ditan Park in Beijing, June 28, 2011. AFP
Thousands of people have signed a petition to the Australian authorities to call off two concerts in honor of late supreme Chinese leader Mao Zedong, amid growing concerns over the lengthening reach of the Chinese Communist Party’s “soft power” influence overseas. Continue reading
Concerts Honoring China’s Chairman Mao Spark Outrage in Australia已关闭评论
Tagged Anniversary, Australia, concert, Mao Zedong, Melbourne, Sydney
