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Nearly One Year Later, Chinese Investigative Journalist Who Exposed Corruption Released on Bail

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Bjorklundk

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Liu Hu in an undated photo courtesy of Reporters Without Borders.

Rights groups are welcoming the release of Chinese investigative reporter Continue reading

The Day a New Burma was Born

By KYAW PHYO THA / THE IRRAWADDY

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Protesters gather near Sule Pagoda in downtown Rangoon during the nationwide pro-democracy uprising in 1988.

Exactly 26 years ago, on Aug 8, 1988, a popular democratic uprising took off in Rangoon that would sweep the country but end with a bloody crackdown by the Burma Army. In this article, which first appeared on Aug 8, 2012, participants in the uprising recall the heady days of revolt and its tragic ending. Continue reading

CHINA DEFENDS HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD

By DIDI TANG — Aug. 2, 2013 11:33 PM EDT

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U.S. Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Uzra Zeya speaks to reporters at a news briefing on the latest U.S.-China Human Rights Dialogue Friday, Aug. 2, 2013, in Beijing. The United States is deeply concerned about what it sees as a deteriorating human rights situation in China, with relatives of activists increasingly being harassed and policies in ethnic areas becoming more repressive, senior U.S. diplomat Zeya said Friday. (AP Photo/Didi Tang)

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U.S. Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Uzra Zeya, left, speaks to reporters at a news briefing on the latest U.S.-China Human Rights Dialogue Friday, Aug. 2, 2013, in Beijing. The United States is deeply concerned about what it sees as a deteriorating human rights situation in China, with relatives of activists increasingly being harassed and policies in ethnic areas becoming more repressive, senior U.S. diplomat Zeya said Friday. (AP Photo/Didi Tang)
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China Releases Graft-Busting Journalist on ‘Bail’ After A Year’s Detention

2014-08-04 

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A newspaper vendor talks to a customer at her booth on a street in Shanghai, Jan. 8, 2013.AFP

Chinese authorities have released an outspoken Continue reading

Buddhist Sect Leader Detained During Raid

By BECKY DAVIS AUGUST 5, 2014 4:13 AM August 5, 2014 11:07 am

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Police officers on July 29 searching a house that some of Wu Zeheng’s followers had rented for the summer to be near his residence in Zhuhai.Credit Hua Xin

The authorities in the southern province of Guangdong Continue reading

Q. and A.: Jen Lin-Liu on Noodles and Their Origins

By AMY QIN AUGUST 5, 2014 6:00 PMAugust 6, 2014 3:38 pm 2 Comments

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A noodle maker shows off his skills in a pulled noodle restaurant in Lanzhou.Credit The New York Times

While the legend that Marco Polo introduced Continue reading

Stranger Than Fiction

Paul French, North Korea: State of Paranoia

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Zed Books, 480pp, £12.99, ISBN 9781780329475

reviewed by Stephen Lee Naish

My Google news feed is often set as to Continue reading

In Harper’s Canada, charities face intimidation while tax evaders go free

BY LINDA MCQUAIG | JULY 24, 2014

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Photo: John Bristowe/flickr

As its website notes, “PEN Canada envisions a world where Continue reading