Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen signs her first document at her new desk following the inauguration ceremony at the Presidential Office in Taipei, Taiwan May 20, 2016.
BEIJING — Taiwan’s new president is “extreme” in her politics because she’s an unmarried woman lacking the emotional balance provided by romantic and family life, a member of China’s body for relations with the self-governing island wrote in a newspaper opinion piece. Continue reading
China: Taiwan’s Female Leader ‘Extreme’ Because She’s Single已关闭评论
Tagged female president, single, Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen
Placards showing missing bookseller Lee Bo (L) and his associate Gui Minhai (R) are shown by members of the Civic Party outside the China liaison office in Hong Kong, Jan. 19, 2016. AFP
The daughter of a Swedish national, who was detained by China under opaque circumstances, is calling on the United States to press Beijing for his release. Continue reading
Daughter of Swedish Bookseller Says He is Illegally Held in China on Dubious Charges已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy, Press Freedom
Tagged Angela Gui, CECC, disappearance, Gui Minhai, Hong Kong, Publisher
Sichuan author Tie Liu in an undated photo. File photo
Authorities in China’s southwestern provinces of Sichuan and Guangxi have detained a writer and a publisher who published politically ‘sensitive’ material, as the ruling Chinese Communist Party continues its campaign against any form of political dissent. Continue reading
China Holds Writer, Publisher Over Dissent, ‘Forbidden Books’已关闭评论
Posted in Culture, Headlines, honorary Members, Press Freedom
Tagged bribery, Chengdu, Computers, disappearance, Gao Hua, Guangxi Normal University Press, He Linxia, Huang Zerong, Tie Liu
Guangdong rights activist Guo Feixiong in an undated photo. Photo courtesy of activists
Jailed Chinese rights activist Guo Feixiong is on hunger strike in protest at ill-treatment at his prison in the southern province of Guangdong, his sister said on Friday. Continue reading
Chinese Rights Activist on Hunger Strike in Jail, Sister Says已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, honorary Members
Tagged Guangdong, Guo Feixiong, hunger strike, prison, Yang Maodong
Huang Zerong, better known by his pen name Tie Liu, is seen in a photo from social media.
A prominent Chinese writer living under police surveillance in China’s southwestern city of Chengdu has been missing for nearly a week, according to friends and relatives. Continue reading
Prominent Chinese Writer Taken by Police ‘for Tea’已关闭评论
Posted in Culture, Headlines, honorary Members, Press Freedom
Tagged Chengdu, disappearance, Huang Zerong, surveillance, Tie Liu
Chinese officials answer questions about a law regulating overseas non-governmental organizations (NGOs) during a press conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, April 28, 2016.
HONG KONG—Jason Chan says he still has more questions than answers about how his labor-rights organization will be able to do its work in China under Beijing’s new rules on the operation of NGOs. Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy
Tagged Hong Kong, national security, NGOs, Shannon Van Sant
Police check the ID cards of netizens at an Internet cafe in Shandong province, July 31, 2013. ImagineChina
China’s police force has launched a whistleblower website targeting people who spread “rumors” online in a further bid to control what the country’s 700 million internet users see and post online. Continue reading
China Launches ‘Rumor-Busting’ Website to Enforce Party Line已关闭评论
Posted in Culture, Headlines, Internet Freedom, Press Freedom
Tagged censorship, netizen, Rumor-Busting
Harry Wu on Human Rights Day. Image via Wikimedia Commons
Tienchi Martin-Liao : Harry Wu: An Amazing Survivor已关闭评论
Posted in Culture, Headlines, History, Tienchi Martin-Liao
Tagged Forced Labor, Harry Wu, Laogai, Tienchi Martin-Liao
