Category Archives: News & Events

‘Good Chinese Wife’ Wrings Insight From a Bad Gig

8:00 am HKT Jul 31, 2014

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By Maura Cunningham

“I thought I knew what I was getting into,” Continue reading →

Prime Minister responds to the Books for Prisoners campaign

Posted August 1st, 2014 by English PEN staff & filed under Campaigns.

Prime Minister David Cameron responds to our concerns over the ongoing restrictions on prisoners in the UK receiving books from friends and family Continue reading →

[CHRB] Accused Murder Suspects Severely Beaten; Several Activists’ Trials Beginning

Jul 30, 2014 • 10:30 pm

China Human Rights Briefing

July 25 – 30, 2014

Contents

Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment & Punishment

Petitioners Severely Beaten in Detention, Held on Suspicion of Killing Policeman
Freedom of Peaceful Assembly & Association Continue reading →

Hairy Bacon and Digital Censorship in China: an Interview with Jason Q. Ng

By: Deji Olukotun

PUBLISHED ON JULY 31, 2014
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Jason Q. Ng

For the past decade, PEN has campaigned in support of Chinese writers such as Continue reading →

Zhou Yongkang: Chinese Media Freed to Touch the Tiger’s Butt

July 31, 2014 5:14 PM

The announcement of a disciplinary investigation into Zhou Yongkang on Tuesday has unleashed a wave of news content prepared by Chinese media during the months in which his fate Continue reading →

China charges Uighur scholar Ilham Tohti with separatism

Tohti’s lawyer accuses prosecutors of ‘shocking’ handling of case and ignoring his rights to a defence

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Tania Branigan in Beijing

theguardian.com, Wednesday 30 July 2014 13.08 EDT Continue reading →

Book Excerpt: ‘I Am China’ by Xiaolu Guo

July 30th, 2014 by Asia Society

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Xiaolu Guo (R), author of “I Am China” (Doubleday, 2014). (Author photo: http://www.guoxiaolu.com)

A love story for our time, Xiaolu Guo’s new novel Continue reading →

Writing, New and Old

Posted on July 31, 2014 by mauracunningham

No blogging here recently because I am in full-on DISSERTATION MODE as I careen down the home stretch. Ten days to go before I have to deliver the finished product to my committee—I’ll make it
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