by Tienchi Martin-Liao / November 6, 2013
Ye Fu and Friends
Head of the Rice Delivery Party, Ye Fu, and friends. Photo courtesy of Tienchi Martin-Liao.
It’s a common name, Butcher’s Shop, and it has become a popular page on taobao.com, Continue reading
Tienchi Martin-Liao：Rice-Delivery-Party-A philanthropic e-commerce project provides financial aid to the families of Chinese political prisoners已关闭评论
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by Tienchi Martin-Liao / November 20, 2013
Chen Yongzhou
Express reporter Chen Yongzhu. Photo courtesy of Tienchi Martin-Liao via news.163.com.
Over the last 18 months Chen Yongzhou, Continue reading
Tienchi Martin-Liao：A Mud Battle Fought in A Quagmire-Censorship and corruption in Chinese journalism已关闭评论
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by Tienchi Martin-Liao / December 4, 2013
The CCP has abolished its system of forced prison labor, but some believe more legal reforms are necessary.
Model of a Laogai solitary confinement cell, Continue reading
Tienchi Martin-Liao:“Reeducation Through Labor” has Been Swept into the Dustbin of History已关闭评论
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Posted: 07/02/2014 9:57 am EDT Updated: 07/02/2014 9:59 am EDT
By Sarah Jane Abbott for Off the Shelf
Sitting down to write a piece on To Kill a Mockingbird is a daunting task — what could I possibly have to say about this enduring American classic that hasn’t already been said? It won the Pulitzer Prize, Continue reading
The One Book You Need To Read To Understand America已关闭评论
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By George Chen
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An average of 70 out of every 10,000 Weibo posts made on July 1 were quickly deleted, according to researchers at the University of Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong is apparently becoming the next Tibet or Xinjiang Continue reading
Beijing’s Weibo ban hits close to home-Suspension of accounts after the July 1 protest a worrying sign of threat to innovation, freedom已关闭评论
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Tagged censorship, Democracy, Hong Kong, Internet Freedom, Occupy Central movement
BY EDITORIAL BOARD July 5
THE EFFORT to rename part of the Northwest Washington street in front of the Chinese Embassy in honor of an imprisoned Chinese dissident is, as some have noted, purely symbolic. But that should be celebrated, not derided. Speaking out against an egregious injustice is the right thing to do and, as history has shown, can eventually make a difference. Continue reading
Washington Post：Renaming a street after Liu Xiaobo is the right thing to do已关闭评论
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The completely serious decline of the Hollywood comedy已关闭评论
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Languishing in poor health in a prison cell for a year, a British investigator and his wife are the collateral damage of the Chinese probe into GlaxoSmithKline
Peter Humphrey makes a televised confession after his arrest Continue reading
GSK crisis: British investigator faces closed trial in China已关闭评论
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