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Copyright Law of the People’s Republic of China (Revision Draft, Submission Version)

June 6, 2014

National Copyright Administration

Revision Draft, Submission Version

Chapter I: General Principles

Chapter II: Copyright

Section I: Copyright holders and their rights

Section II: Copyright entitlement

Section III: The term of protection of copyright

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U.S. Professors Call on Colleges to Re-evaluate Confucius Institutes

By AMY QIN JUNE 17, 2014 7:09 AM

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Wu Qidi, Chinese deputy minister of education, spoke at the opening of the Confucius Institute at the University of Kansas’ Edwards Continue reading

South China Morning Post Turns to the Mainland

Written by Our Correspondent

TUE,17 JUNE 2014

Whose side are they on?

Beijing mouthpieces given more space and prominence Continue reading

Ai Weiwei’s fake ‘leg-guns’ become Chinese Internet meme

 

BY WILLIAM WAN June 16

BEIJING — Like most Internet memes, the leg-gun pose that has caught on in China is hard to describe (much less explain).

It involves taking a selfie while holding your leg up as though aiming it like a rifle. Continue reading

You Won’t Get Near Tiananmen!’: Hu Jia on the Continuing Crackdown

IAN JOHNSON 06.02.14

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Activist Hu Jia in Beijing, April 2014. Continue reading

Chinese Lawyers Lodge Formal Complaint Over New Rules

2014-06-17


Chinese artist Ai Weiwei (L) stands with his lawyer Pu Zhiqiang as he leaves for court in Beijing, July 20, 2012.
AFP
Chinese lawyers have launched a signature campaign against moves Continue reading

Chinese rights lawyers warn of crackdown after arrest of Pu Zhiqiang

Detentions of artist Ai Weiwei’s lawyer and numerous others reveal Beijing’s fear about growth in rights activism, says

Tania Branigan in Beijing

theguardian.com, Tuesday 17 June 2014 10.09 EDT

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PEN Alarmed by Reports of Secret Trial and Conviction in Tohti Case

Literary and Human Rights Group Maintains Uyghur Writer’s Innocence

PEN American Center is deeply troubled by reports that jailed Uyghur scholar and 2014 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award winner Ilham Tohti has been sentenced to a “heavy” jail term in a secret trial in China. Continue reading