by Tienchi Martin-Liao / June 25, 2014
Between Germany and Beijing: Tiananmen Square’s increasingly complex politics.
Zhu Xinxin white flower crop
Zhu Xinxin poses outside of Tiananmen Square shortly before the white flower pinned to his shirt was confiscated by police. Photo: Courtesy of Tienchi Martin-Liao via Boxun.com.
The vigil held in Hong Kong on June 4 for the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre Continue reading
Tienchi Martin-Liao:Remembrance is Not Only a Right; It’s a Duty已关闭评论
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by Tienchi Martin-Liao / November 6, 2013
Ye Fu and Friends
Head of the Rice Delivery Party, Ye Fu, and friends. Photo courtesy of Tienchi Martin-Liao.
It’s a common name, Butcher’s Shop, and it has become a popular page on taobao.com, Continue reading
Tienchi Martin-Liao：Rice-Delivery-Party-A philanthropic e-commerce project provides financial aid to the families of Chinese political prisoners已关闭评论
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by Tienchi Martin-Liao / December 4, 2013
The CCP has abolished its system of forced prison labor, but some believe more legal reforms are necessary.
Model of a Laogai solitary confinement cell, Continue reading
Tienchi Martin-Liao:“Reeducation Through Labor” has Been Swept into the Dustbin of History已关闭评论
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By George Chen
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An average of 70 out of every 10,000 Weibo posts made on July 1 were quickly deleted, according to researchers at the University of Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong is apparently becoming the next Tibet or Xinjiang Continue reading
Beijing’s Weibo ban hits close to home-Suspension of accounts after the July 1 protest a worrying sign of threat to innovation, freedom已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy, Internet Freedom
Tagged censorship, Democracy, Hong Kong, Internet Freedom, Occupy Central movement
BY EDITORIAL BOARD July 5
THE EFFORT to rename part of the Northwest Washington street in front of the Chinese Embassy in honor of an imprisoned Chinese dissident is, as some have noted, purely symbolic. But that should be celebrated, not derided. Speaking out against an egregious injustice is the right thing to do and, as history has shown, can eventually make a difference. Continue reading
Washington Post：Renaming a street after Liu Xiaobo is the right thing to do已关闭评论
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The completely serious decline of the Hollywood comedy已关闭评论
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Languishing in poor health in a prison cell for a year, a British investigator and his wife are the collateral damage of the Chinese probe into GlaxoSmithKline
Peter Humphrey makes a televised confession after his arrest Continue reading
GSK crisis: British investigator faces closed trial in China已关闭评论
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By IAN JOHNSON JULY 4, 2014
In recent months, Weibo has been eclipsed by WeChat, which allows instant messaging within self-selected circles of followers. Credit Sim Chi Yin for The New York Times
BEIJING — For the past few years, social media in China Continue reading
An Online Shift in China Muffles an Open Forum已关闭评论
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