5/27/2005
In China’s Mao years you could be detained and persecuted for talking with your neighbor about your cat. The Chinese word for “cat” (mao, high level tone) is a near-homonym for the name of the Great Leader (mao, rising tone), and a tip to the police from an eavesdropper who misheard one for the other and took you to be disrespectful could ruin your life. Continue reading
562 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20515 | Tuesday, May 20, 2014 – 3:30pm to 5:00pm
In 1989 citizens from all walks of life participated in demonstrations in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square and throughout China calling for political reform, respect for universal freedoms of speech, assembly, and association, and an end to government corruption. The government’s violent suppression of Continue reading
Tiananmen at 25: Enduring Influence on U.S.-China Relations and China’s Political Development已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
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 Continue reading
25 Years Ago: Chaos Among the Leaders已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition News and Article Release Issue Number: A817-O230
中国民主运动海外联席会议新闻与文章发布号：A817-O230
Release Date: May 24, 2014
发布日：2014年5月24日
Topic: Please Attend the Commemoration of the 25th Anniversary of the June 4 Massacre in Front of the Chinese Embassy in Washington DC Next Saturday on May 31, 2014 Continue reading
published: May 24, 2014
ZHANG JIALONG AND SECRETARY KERRY ON FEBRUARY 15, 2014.
On May 20th, I was notified by the department head at Tencent that I was being suspended, citing radical expressions I made in my meeting with the Continue reading
PUBLISHED : Sunday, 25 May, 2014, 10:40am
UPDATED : Sunday, 25 May, 2014, 10:40am
Agence France-Presse in Beijing
Online activist and blogger Zhang Continue reading
Chinese blogger ‘fired’ after John Kerry meeting已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines
Tagged censorship, Internet Freedom, Zhang Jialong
2014-05-23
An undated file photo of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo.
Eyepress News
Two prominent jailed Chinese dissidents will be presented with an award by a U.S.-based non-government group to mark the 25th anniversary of the bloody Continue reading
US Group To Honor Two Jailed Chinese Dissidents已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Support Liu Xiaobo
Tagged Democracy Award, Liu Xiaobo, NED, Xu Zhiyong
2014-05-20
Tiananmen Mothers founding member Ding Zilin in an undated photo.
Photo courtesy of Wikipedia
Chinese authorities have detained or placed under close surveillance the Continue reading
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
Tagged Ding Zilin, June 4th, Liu Di, Tiananmen
