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CDT eBook: Decoding the Chinese Internet

September 15, 2014 9:42 AM

Posted By: Anne Henochowicz

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China separatism trial of Muslim scholar ends, verdict next week: lawyer

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BEIJING Fri Sep 19, 2014 5:41am EDT

(Reuters) – China’s trial of a Uighur scholar on separatism Continue reading

China Holds Blogger, Rights Activist in Psychiatric Hospitals

2014-09-18

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A file photo of a patient at a psychiatric hospital in Fuzhou receiving a blood transfusion with bound feet. Continue reading

Prominent Chinese Scholar Defends Himself At Separatist Trial

0CA89CC9-7652-40DF-ADA7-50E761424BCA_w640_r1_sPolicemen in riot gear guard a checkpoint on a road near a courthouse where ethnic Uighur academic Ilham Tohti’s trial is taking place in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, Sept. 17, 2014.

September 18, 2014 2:38 AM

Chinese scholar Ilham Tohti is expected to defend himself Continue reading

Daughters of Chinese activists demand meeting with Obama

POSTED: 18 Sep 2014 08:32
Daughters of detained Chinese activists on Wednesday (Sep 17) demanded a meeting with President Barack Obama, saying he must double down on efforts to win their release when he meets Chinese leaders.
WASHINGTON: Daughters of detained Chinese activists Continue reading

Hong Kong academics support looming student strike

 

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By Dennis Normile 15 September 2014 12:45 pm

Hong Kong’s academics are being drawn into a long-running debate Continue reading

Foreign Journalists in China See Decline in Reporting Conditions

By ANDREW JACOBS  SEPTEMBER 12, 2014 8:26 AM September 12, 2014 11:09 am

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Journalists waiting outside the Great Hall Continue reading

China’s human rights abuses demand a tougher U.S. approach

By Editorial Board September 14

THEY KEPT him in a cell so small he could walk barely two steps in any direction. There was no sunlight, no ventilation; just one five-watt bulb, burning dimly 24 hours a day. Continue reading