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Ai Weiwei speaks out about Instagram leg-as-gun meme

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Tuesday, June 17, 2014 10:32 PM EDT

 

Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei said Monday that his original posting on Instagram was a statement about the overuse of power in fighting terrorism. Continue reading →

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China executes 13 people for “terrorist” attacks in Xinjiang

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BY MEGHA RAJAGOPALAN AND BEN BLANCHARD

BEIJING Mon Jun 16, 2014 11:30am EDT


The trial of three people sentenced to death for their roles in an October attack on the edge of Beijing’s Tiananmen Square is seen in this still image taken from video in Urumqi city, June 16, 2014. Continue reading →

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Chinese Netizens, Commentators Slam ‘Massacre’ Article

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2014-06-16 


Visitors looking at photos of victims at the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall in Nanjing, in eastern China’s Jiangsu province, June 11, 2014.
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Tienchi Martin-Liao: A Spectre is Haunting China—the Spectre of June 4

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by Tienchi Martin-Liao / June 11, 2014

How the Chinese government’s hidden past is torturing its present.

In Memory of Tiananmen Square Protest
The Hong Kong Federation of Social Work students carry a tombstone with the names of June 4th victims in memory of the Tiananmen Square protests. Photo: Bandari Lei via Flickr. Continue reading →

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Tienchi Martin-Liao：“Creating a Disturbance in a Public Place, Causing Serious Disorder”

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by Tienchi Martin-Liao / May 28, 2014

A new period of persecution in China.


Tiananmen May 1989

Student protest in Tiananmen Square, May 1989 Photo: Robert Croma via Flickr Continue reading →

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Tienchi Martin-Liao: Offshore Leaks Trigger Wave of Fear

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by Tienchi Martin-Liao / February 12, 2014

Did China imprison activists and dissident writers to divert attention from corruption scandal?

Xu Zhiyong and Hu Jia Supporters Continue reading →

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China deports artist Guo Jian in Tiananmen crackdown

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By Tom Mitchell in BeijingAuthor alerts

Beijing deported a prominent Chinese-Australian artist on Monday, capping one of China’s most severe crackdowns on dissent in recent years.

Guo Jian, 52, was detained on June 1 for an alleged visa violation, according to China’s foreign affairs ministry. Continue reading →

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Concerns in China over alleged secret trial of Uighur scholar Ilham Tohti

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Lawyer representing academic cites unconfirmed reports of ‘heavy’ sentencing after arrest and charges related to separatism
Tania Branigan in Beijing

theguardian.com, Monday 16 June 2014 08.34 EDT

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