Guangdong rights activist Guo Feixiong in an undated photo. Photo courtesy of activists
Jailed Chinese rights activist Guo Feixiong is on hunger strike in protest at ill-treatment at his prison in the southern province of Guangdong, his sister said on Friday. Continue reading
Chinese Rights Activist on Hunger Strike in Jail, Sister Says已关闭评论
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Tagged Guangdong, Guo Feixiong, hunger strike, prison, Yang Maodong
Huang Zerong, better known by his pen name Tie Liu, is seen in a photo from social media.
A prominent Chinese writer living under police surveillance in China’s southwestern city of Chengdu has been missing for nearly a week, according to friends and relatives. Continue reading
Prominent Chinese Writer Taken by Police ‘for Tea’已关闭评论
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Tagged Chengdu, disappearance, Huang Zerong, surveillance, Tie Liu
Chinese officials answer questions about a law regulating overseas non-governmental organizations (NGOs) during a press conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, April 28, 2016.
HONG KONG—Jason Chan says he still has more questions than answers about how his labor-rights organization will be able to do its work in China under Beijing’s new rules on the operation of NGOs. Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy
Tagged Hong Kong, national security, NGOs, Shannon Van Sant
Pen name Huang Jingyi
Sex Female
Birth date 1964-02-26
Birth place Wuhan City, Hubei Province
Resident place Qingshan District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province Continue reading
198. HUANG FANGMEI (released)已关闭评论
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Tagged Hang Fangmei, Inciting Subversion
Fifty years ago this month, Mao Zedong launched China’s Cultural Revolution – a decade of chaos, persecution, and violence, carried out in the name of ideology and in the interest of expanding Mao’s personal power. Yet, instead of reflecting on that episode’s destructive legacy, the Chinese government is limiting all discussion of it, and Chinese citizens, focused on the wealth brought by three decades of market-oriented reforms, have been content to go along. But at a time when President Xi Jinping is carrying out ruthless purges and creating his own cult of personality, burying the past is not cost-free. Continue reading
Ma Jian: A Son of Cultural Revolution已关闭评论
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A cleaner sweeps ground in front of the Mausoleum of late Chinese chairman Mao Zedong at Tiananmen Square on the 50th anniversary of the start of the Cultural Revolution in Beijing, China, May 16, 2016.
Fifty years ago today, the Chinese Communist Party started the country down a path to the Cultural Revolution, which it said would bring about a more just society, but in practice led to complete social and economic disaster. Continue reading
Joshua Fatzick: China Silent on 50th Anniversary of Cultural Revolution已关闭评论
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Tagged censorship, Cultural Revolution, Joshua Fatzick, Mao Zedong
Police check the ID cards of netizens at an Internet cafe in Shandong province, July 31, 2013. ImagineChina
China’s police force has launched a whistleblower website targeting people who spread “rumors” online in a further bid to control what the country’s 700 million internet users see and post online. Continue reading
China Launches ‘Rumor-Busting’ Website to Enforce Party Line已关闭评论
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Tagged censorship, netizen, Rumor-Busting
The now-closed Causeway Bay bookstore in Hong Kong, Jan. 10, 2016. AFP
The disappearances of five Hong Kong booksellers represent a “breach” of the terms of the city’s handover to China, known as the “one country, two systems” policy, the U.S. State Department said in a report this week. Continue reading
Cracks Appear in Hong Kong’s Status as Separate Jurisdiction: Reports已关闭评论
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Tagged booksellers, Causeway Bay Books, censorship, disappearance, Gui Minhai, Hong Kong
