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Beijing Police Detain Student Over Tiananmen Tweet

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By AUSTIN RAMZY JUNE 11, 2014 2:16 AM
The Beijing authorities have detained a woman linked with a Twitter posting suggesting that a method for Continue reading →

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Hong Kong Media Worries Over China’s Reach as Ads Disappear

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=By MICHAEL FORSYTHE and NEIL GOUGH June 12, 2014

Jimmy Lai of Next Media Limited, which is known for its strong advocacy of democratic freedoms in Hong Kong.
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HONG KONG — In what may be a major escalation of pressure by mainland China on Hong Kong’s independent-minded news media, two major British banks have stopped advertising with one of the city’s biggest newspapers, a top media executive said. Continue reading →

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China’s Pool of Potential College Students Set to Shrink

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2014-06-09


A student (C) hugs a family member after completing his ‘gaokao’ outside a high school in Beijing, June 8, 2014. Continue reading →

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Chinese Authorities Now Targeting Lawyers’ Lawyers

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2014-06-09


Pu Zhiqiang (front right) attends a seminar about the Tiananmen crackdown in Beijing, May 3, 2014.
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China’s ‘Re-education’ For Sex Workers Similar to Labor Camps: Lawyers

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2014-06-11

Workers at an entertainment venue in Dongguan crouch by a wall during a police raid on Feb. 9, 2014. Continue reading →

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Hong Kong’s Autonomy ‘Still Subject to Beijing’

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2014-06-10


Pro-democracy activists argue with police during a rally to mark the 1989 Tiananmen Square military crackdown in Hong Kong, June 4, 2014
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Hong Kong Democracy Activists Rebuke China’s White Paper

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Protesters raise a mock “white paper”, left, released by Beijing State Council on Tuesday saying it holds ultimate control over the former British colony, outside the Chinese liaison office in Hong Kong, June 11, 2014. Continue reading →

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A Letter to the Newton (Massachusetts) Community

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By Fengsuo Zhou, Yaxue Cao, published: June 11, 2014

 

(Henry Degroot is a student at Newton North High School, Massachusetts. He wrote a pro-democracy note in a Chinese student’s notebook during an exchange program in Beijing and signed it. A Chinese teacher found out. Henry was detained for five hours, forced to apologize by his American teachers, and, back to America, the school barred him from prom.) Continue reading →

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