(Ng Han Guan/ Associated Press ) – In this photo taken Wednesday, April 10, 2013, Chinese dissident Hu Jia talks on his phone during a meeting at a restaurant in Beijing, China. In prosecuting the country’s political and social activists, an image-conscious Beijing is shifting its tactics. Continue reading
China hits activists with common-crime charges已关闭评论
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Tagged Hu Jia, Human Rights Activists
As of May 27, the following search terms are blocked on Weibo (not including the “search for user” function).
Tiananmen: More keywords blocked in relation to the approaching anniversary of June 4th. Continue reading
Sensitive Words: May Thirty-fifth and More已关闭评论
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Tagged censorship, Internet Freedom, June 4th, Tiananmen
May 26, 2014
(PHOTO TAKEN FROM TWITTER @PRCHOVANEC. CLICK TO ENLARGE)
Lately not a day has passed without me stopping in the middle of something, gripped by disbelief: It’s been 25 years since the Tian’anmen democracy movement in 1989, and today, in 2014, Continue reading
China Change Invites Your Comments:What does it mean for the world, for the US, and for us as individuals to have an authoritarian China, with the world’s biggest economy soon and 1/5 of the world population, that rejects universal values?已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
2014-05-26
Tibetan singer Gebe in an undated photo.
Photo courtesy of an RFA listener.
A Tibetan singer who rendered a song calling for the protection of the Tibetan language Continue reading
Tibetan Singer Held After Belting Out Song Calling for Language Protection已关闭评论
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Tagged Gebe, Singer, Tibetan, Tibetan language
By AUSTIN RAMZY MAY 26, 2014 2:42 AM
The United States secretary of state, John Kerry, at a news conference in Beijing in February.
Pool photo by Evan Vucci
A Chinese blogger says he was fired from his job at one of China’s Continue reading
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Tagged Blogger, censorship, Internet Freedom, Kerry, United States secretary of state, Zhang Jialong
By KARIN FISCHER | THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION MAY 25, 2014
SEOUL — Each fall, thousands of students from South Korea arrive on American campuses. They come from a culture that views education as the key to success, where mothers and fathers save to send their children overseas. On top of tuition, parents shell out for test prep and cram schools, supplemental Continue reading
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the nationwide, student-led democracy movement in China, and the subsequent June 4th military crackdown in Beijing. To commemorate the student movement, CDT is posting a series of original news articles from 1989, beginning
25 Years Ago: Tide Turns Toward Hard-Liner已关闭评论
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By JOYCE LAU MAY 25, 2014 6:00 PM
Chan Koonchung checking the offerings at the People’s Recreation Community bookstore in Hong Kong.
Joyce Lau
The shopkeeper at the small Hong Kong bookstore Continue reading
