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Human Rights lawyer Teng Biao
Teng Biao is one of China’s best-known civil-rights lawyers, and a prominent member of the weiquan, or “rights defenders,” movement, a loosely knit coalition of Chinese lawyers and activists who tackle cases related to the environment, religious freedom, and freedom of speech and the press. Continue reading
China’s Unstoppable Lawyers: An Interview With Teng Biao已关闭评论
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President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign is beginning to encompass all forms of thought and expression, even moderate ones, not approved by the ruling party.
By Peter Ford, Staff Writer OCTOBER 18, 2014
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PICUN, CHINA — When she got off school last Thursday, Huang Qiufeng, Continue reading
Sensing subversion, China throws the book at kids’ libraries已关闭评论
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A man reads a book while practicing tai chi. Rumors that a ban on some authors has boosted their sales in China. Reuters
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Deng Xiaoping and Jimmy Carter sign diplomatic agreements between the United States and China, January 31, 1979
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Corporation condemns ‘deliberate censorship’ as Chinese official claims foreign media are not reporting protests objectively
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BY JOSEPH W. ESHERICK OCTOBER 15, 2014
It was a hot afternoon in June in the East China city of Jinan. I was returning to my hotel after an afternoon coffee, thinking of the conference I had come to attend and trying to escape the heat on the shady side of the street. My cell phone rang, Continue reading
How I Dealt With China’s Book Censors-ChinaFile One Western author shares his struggle to keep a text true to history.已关闭评论
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It was a hot afternoon in June in the East China city of Jinan. Continue reading
On Dealing with Chinese Censors已关闭评论
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BY SUI-LEE WEE AND MEGHA RAJAGOPALAN
BEIJING Mon Oct 13, 2014 5:36am EDT
Oct 13 (Reuters) – China has detained a prominent scholar who helped blind dissident Chen Guangcheng flee to the United States two years ago and has banned books by eight writers in an escalating crackdown on dissent. Continue reading
China detains scholar, bans books in crackdown on moderate voices已关闭评论
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