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The 2014 Democracy Award: Imprisoned Chinese activists Liu Xiabo and Xu Zhiyong honored for their work with the 2014 Democracy awards

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MAY 29, 2014

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China detains some 50 dissidents ahead of 1989 Tiananmen Square anniversary

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(TibetanReview.net, May21, 2014) – China has arrested, detained or held away from home against their will some 50 dissidents since early this month ahead of the anniversary of the Jun 3-4, 1989 Tiananmen Square bloodbath, Continue reading →

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Ancient bamboo medical books uncovered in China belonged to legendary Bian Que

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12 MAY, 2014 – 22:20 By April Holloway

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Last year, archaeologists unearthed 920 bamboo strips at a construction site in the south-western city of Chengdu in China, Continue reading →

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Why Many Young Chinese Women Are Writing Gay Male Erotica

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By DIDI KIRSTEN TATLOW MAY 21, 2014 6:00 PM 

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Creating and consuming the erotic fiction known as danmei is a vehicle for young Chinese women to explore new identities.
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One Uighur Man’s Journey in Two Cultures

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A Uighur vendor pushes his cart of watermelons past Chinese soldiers on patrol in Urumqi in northwest China’s Xinjiang province on July 15, 2009. Security remained tight in Urumqi’s Muslim Uighur district 10 days after strong ethnic violence broke out on July 5 and riot police maintained their presence and kept control of the area’s main bazaar.

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Campaign to Smother Tiananmen Anniversary Continues

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Rights lawyers Tang Jingling and Liu Shihui are among the latest to be detained as the government seeks to suppress commemoration of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown’s 25th anniversary next month. From AP’s Didi Tang:

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Sensitive Words: Speech Essence Research Center

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As of May 12, the following search terms are blocked on Weibo (not including the “search for user” function).

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Drawing the News: So Many Lawyers-A roundup of online political cartoons from the past two weeks

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As the 25th anniversary of the June 4th, 1989 crackdown on protest in Tiananmen square grows ever nearer, names are being added to the list of those detained, placed under house arrest, or questioned by authorities as the central government makes efforts to conceal commemoration of that unfortunate date 25 years ago (for up-to-date records of detentions, house-arrests, and other restrictions, see lists from Human Rights in China and Amnesty International).

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