Category Archives: News & Events

What Can’t Be Sung: Xiaolu Guo and Nellie McKay in Conversation with Sasha Frere-Jones

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Arrested, Detained: A Guide to Navigating China’s Police Powers

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By Stanley Lubman

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A Chinese police vehicle. Reuters

Headlines about China are filled with reports of Chinese citizens Continue reading →

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China TV series on Deng stirs questions on political openness

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BY MICHAEL MARTINA

BEIJING Tue Aug 12, 2014 8:49am EDT

A man looks out from a window next to a portrait of late Chinese leader Deng in a gallery at Dafen Oil Painting Village, in Shenzhen

A man looks out from a window next to a portrait of late Chinese leader Continue reading →

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China detains Xinjiang man for ‘online rumours’

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11 August 2014 Last updated at 03:20 ET

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Paramilitary policemen stand guard during a ceremony to award those who the authorities say participated in “the crackdown of violence and terrorists activities” in Hotan, Xinjiang 3 August 2014
Chinese authorities have stepped Continue reading →

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Naomi May: Scottish novelist and writer who worked tirelessly for PEN’s ‘Writers in Prison’ Committee

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Her novels were daring and convincing in their emotional spectrum

PATRICIA CRAIG Sunday 10 August 2014

Naomi May, who has died at her home in Richmond, Surrey, was an accomplished novelist and short-story writer Continue reading →

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Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag

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By Kang Chol-hwan and Pierre Rigoulot

Translated from French by Yair Reiner Continue reading →

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Banned on Weibo: President Xi’s Facebook presence

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By David Bandurski | Posted on 2014-08-11
The following post by “Kid Shoes_1009” (小童鞋_1009), was deleted sometime before 1:02 AM today, August 11, 2014. Continue reading →

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Ottilie Mulzet: A veneer of erudition

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Ottilie Mulzet on translating László Krasznahorkai’s Seiobo there Below, winner of this year’s Best Translated Book Award

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Posted by Emma Cleave, Wednesday 6th August, 2014

I have a folder, partially virtual, partially real, entitled Continue reading →

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