People sit in front of the company logo of Baidu at its headquarters in Beijing, China, Dec. 17, 2014.
Chinese authorities are investigating internet search giant Baidu after the death of a college student who accused the search engine of ranking search results by the amount advertisers paid, resulting in the receipt of misleading medical information. Continue reading
Chinese property tycoon and celebrity tweeter Ren Zhiqiang, a critic of President Xi Jinping’s campaign to tighten control over state-run media, delivers a speech to university students in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei province, Dec. 17, 2015.
The ruling Chinese Communist Party on Monday announced disciplinary action against freewheeling “big V” tweeter and property tycoon Ren Zhiqiang, for his attacks on online party propaganda. Continue reading
China Takes a Shot at ‘Cannon Ren’ Over Anti-Propaganda Tweets已关闭评论
Posted in Culture, Headlines, Internet Freedom
Tagged censorship, probation, propaganda, Ren Zhiqiang, Tweet, Weibo
Independent Chinese historian Song Yongyi, in undated photo. Photo courtesy of Song Yongyi.
As China approaches the 50th anniversary of Mao Zedong’s Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution this year, Chinese independent historian and former political prisoner Song Yongyi, now a university lecturer in California, has published an e-book based on official records. His research describes an era of government-sponsored political violence and turmoil that engulfed the country from 1966-1976. Song, who had unprecedented access to secret government files in the southwestern region of Guangxi, spoke to RFA’s Mandarin Service about his findings: Continue reading
Interview: ‘People Were Eaten by The Revolutionary Masses’已关闭评论
Tagged cannibalism, Cultural Revolution, Guangxi, massacre, Song Yongyi
By William Ide
FILE – Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the closing session of the annual National People’s Congress in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, March 16, 2016.
BEIJING—China has passed a controversial law that imposes new rules on foreign non-governmental organizations and puts the registration and supervision of such groups under the control of public security authorities. Continue reading
FILE – Tibetan writer Tsering Woeser is pictured in Inner Mongolia, northern China, June 23, 2014.
She also tweeted a message to the foundation notifying the group of their house arrest. Continue reading
Beijing Puts Tibetan Writers Under House Arrest已关闭评论
Tagged House Arrest, Tibetan, Tsering Woeser, Wang Lixiong
Citizen journalist Wang Jing (L), Tianwang website founder Huang Qi (C) and fellow activist Zhang Jixin (R), Dec. 6, 2013.
Authorities in the northeastern Chinese province of Jilin have jailed a citizen journalist for nearly five years on public order charges after she reported on the self-immolation of a petitioner on Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, her lawyer said on Monday. Continue reading
China Jails Citizen Journalist Who Witnessed Tiananmen Immolation Protest已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom, Press Freedom
Tagged Journalist, self-immolation, sentence, Tiananmen, Wang Jing
Guangdong rights activist Guo Feixiong in an undated photo. Photo courtesy of activists
Calls are growing for the Chinese authorities to grant medical parole to jailed rights activist Guo Feixiong following a recent visit by a relative to the prison where he is serving a six-year sentence for public order offenses. Continue reading
Rights Groups Call For Medical Parole For Jailed Chinese Activist已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, honorary Members
Tagged Guo Feixiong, Health, medical parole, Yang Maodong
Yang Maoping (杨茂平), sister of imprisoned rights activist Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄) (also known as Yang Maodong (杨茂东)), circulated online the below account about Guo’s ill health after she visited him in Yangchun Prison, Guangdong (广东阳春监狱) this morning. Yang said that she repeated a request she first made to the prison authorities on February 29 that Guo be transferred to an upper-grade hospital to receive medical treatment. HRIC has translated Yang’s account, “Guo Feixiong’s Health Condition Worrisome,” in which she provides some details on Guo’s condition (see below). Continue reading
Imprisoned Rights Activist Guo Feixiong Suffering from Serious Health Issues已关闭评论
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Tagged Guo Feixiong, Health, Yang Maodong
