Category Archives: Headlines

Tienchi Martin-Liao:Eat and Get Drunk

July 17, 2013

Chinese protesters gather for food, drink, and crime.

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In China, protesters use eating and drinking as a cover to discuss politics and social issues. Photo via Boxun.
The 2011 Jasmine Revolution succeeded worldwide. In its success it not only changed the geopolitical roadmap of the Middle East, it also generated an earthquake in China.

During this period a new method of Continue reading

Tienchi Martin-Liao:A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Nightmare

July 31, 2013

While the rule of law is far from perfect in Russia, in China it remains a foreign concept.

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Human rights lawyer Xu Zhiyong and Continue reading

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Kenema Postcard AUGUST 11, 2014 ISSUE

BY RICHARD PRESTON

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This spring in West Africa, a muttering emergence of Continue reading

UYGHUR WEBSITE EDITOR AND ECONOMIST FACING POSSIBLE DEATH PENALTY

PUBLISHED ON FRIDAY 1 AUGUST 2014.
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After being held for six months, Ilham Tohti has been formally charged with separatism

Ilham Tohti, an ethnic Uyghur economist at Beijing’s Central University Continue reading

[CHRB] Accused Murder Suspects Severely Beaten; Several Activists’ Trials Beginning

Jul 30, 2014 • 10:30 pm

China Human Rights Briefing

July 25 – 30, 2014

Contents

Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment & Punishment

Petitioners Severely Beaten in Detention, Held on Suspicion of Killing Policeman
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Zhou Yongkang: Chinese Media Freed to Touch the Tiger’s Butt

July 31, 2014 5:14 PM

The announcement of a disciplinary investigation into Zhou Yongkang on Tuesday has unleashed a wave of news content prepared by Chinese media during the months in which his fate Continue reading

China charges Uighur scholar Ilham Tohti with separatism

Tohti’s lawyer accuses prosecutors of ‘shocking’ handling of case and ignoring his rights to a defence

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Tania Branigan in Beijing

theguardian.com, Wednesday 30 July 2014 13.08 EDT Continue reading

Fall of Zhou Yongkang Lights Up China’s Internet

8:23 pm HKT Jul 29, 2014

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Zhou Yongkang, pictured in 2007. Reuters

China’s social media microblogs, the country’s de facto town square, Continue reading