By EDWARD WONG JULY 16, 2014 6:00 PMJuly 17, 2014 9:30 am
The Chinese term for schadenfreude is xingzai lehuo (幸灾乐祸), and it does not take long for the sentiment to surface at the mention of Rui Chenggang, the smooth-talking state television anchor who was handed to prosecutors last Friday.
Especially delighted are liberal Chinese intellectuals, Continue reading
Star Anchor’s Real Sin May Have Been Hypocrisy已关闭评论
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Tagged CCTV, Ling Jihua, Rui Chenggang, Zhou Yongkang
By ANDREW JACOBS JULY 16, 2014 2:26 AMJuly 16, 2014 11:09 am
Li Xuewen.
Li Xuewen.Credit Courtesy of Li Xuewen
Li Xuewen, an essayist and playwright in Beijing, has been fired from his job as a book editor Continue reading
Book Editor Says His Firing Was Linked to Tiananmen Gathering已关闭评论
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Tagged Firing, June 4th, Li Xuewen, Lijiang Publishing House, Tiananmen
July 20 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm | £8/£4
Poets from around the globe share their views and personal experiences as part of the Poetry International Festival at London’s Southbank Centre. Continue reading
Literary Activism: is poetry the strongest form of protest?已关闭评论
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Tagged English PEN, Literary Activism, Poetry, Poetry International Festival
By Farah Wael / 14 July, 2014
Three Al Jazeera journalists were among those sentenced to prison on terrorism charges.
In 1997, British journalist Robert Fisk interviewed Bin Laden. Fisk was not accused of being a terrorist, he was only doing his job. For decades, journalists have been interviewing terrorists, Continue reading
IndexDrawtheLine: Can art or journalism ever be terrorism?已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Press Freedom
Tagged Al-Jazeera, Journalism, Sentenced to Prison
by Tienchi Martin-Liao / September 25, 2013
Classic charges, plus new offenses, facilitate a wave of arrests designed to smother free speech in China.
Charles Xue Confession
Chinese American businessman and blogger Charles Xue confesses to soliciting prostitutes on State TV. Photo: TheGuardian via YouTube.
“Inciting subversion of state power” is the most frequently used Continue reading
Tienchi Martin-Liao：A Grim Harbinger for the Democratic Movement已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom, Tienchi Martin-Liao
Tagged censorship, Charles Xue, China, Inciting subversion of state power, Internet Freedom, Xue Manzi
by Tienchi Martin-Liao / October 9, 2013
In the newest chapter of China’s internet crackdowns, a 16 year-old boy is detained.
Yang Hui Continue reading
Tienchi Martin-Liao:Muzzle the Chatterbox or Put a Patch on His Mouth已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom
Tagged censorship, China, Internet Freedom, Yang Hui
by Tienchi Martin-Liao / October 23, 2013
On the contrasting lives of Chinese dissidents in prison.
Human rights activist and lawyer Teng Biao. Photo: Courtesy of Tienchi Marin-Liao. Continue reading
Tienchi Martin-Liao：Dictatorship is a Decapitator, Whether it Tortures You or Treats You Well已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Tienchi Martin-Liao
JULY 11, 2014
BEIJING — I am 54, but have never in my life seen an election ballot.
“Have you seen one?” I ask people, out of curiosity. Like me, most of them have no idea what a ballot looks like and have only seen pictures on television of people completely unknown to them clutching a Continue reading
