By MICHAEL FORSYTHEMAY 8, 2015
HONG KONG — Cities in Zhejiang, one of China’s most prosperous provinces, are studded with Christian churches, Protestant and Catholic alike. Until recently, many of them had been topped by large crosses soaring into the sky, often illuminated with neon lights at night.
Under a new draft regulation made public this week by the Continue reading
Chinese Province Issues Draft Regulation on Church Crosses已关闭评论
Posted in Religious Freedom
Tagged Church, Crosses, Religious Freedom, Zhejiang
U.S. Republican Representative Chris Smith of New Jersey speaks to VOA after a U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China hearing in Washington, April 30, 2015. (M. Lipin/VOA)
Michael Lipin
May 09, 2015 6:36 PM
A U.S. lawmaker is encouraging Hong Kong legislators to veto electoral rules proposed by Beijing.
In a recent interview with VOA, New Jersey Republican Representative Chris Smith Continue reading
US Lawmaker Urges Rejection of Proposed Hong Kong Voting Rules已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy
Tagged Democracy, Hong Kong, Occupy Central movement
2015-05-07
Eleven citizens of Shandong who lost family members in 1989 meet to commemorate the 26th Anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown in late April.
Photo courtesy of an RFA listener
Twenty-six years after the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) suppressed the Chinese student-led democracy protests of 1989 with tanks and machine guns, Continue reading
‘We Want The Truth To Be Told’: Tiananmen Mothers已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
Tagged June 4th, Tiananmen, Tiananmen Mothers
2015-05-06
Artist Sun Kai during recent RFA interview.
RFA
A Chinese artist who was portraying the lives of 100 participants in the student-led 1989 pro-democracy movement in Beijing has abandoned the project in the face of growing pressure from the Continue reading
Chinese Artist ‘Warned Off’ 1989 Tiananmen Activist Photo Project已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
2015-05-06
Gao Zhisheng during an interview at his of
fice in Beijing, in a file photo.
AFP
Top Chinese rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng remains effectively under house arrest, Continue reading
Chinese Rights Lawyer Marks Ten Months Under House Arrest已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Writers in Prison
Tagged Gao Zhisheng, Human Rights Lawyer
2015-05-05
Netizens at an Internet cafe in China’s Zhejiang province, Nov. 2, 2012.
AFP
China’s 642 million Internet users are gradually abandoning the once-popular Twitter-like Sina Weibo and similar sites, as several years of crippling censorship is revealed in recent research, Continue reading
Chinese Netizens Migrate Away From Closely Censored Weibo Platforms已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom
Tagged censorship, China, Internet Freedom
By Wu Rongrong, published: April 27, 2015
Wu Rongrong (武嵘嵘), though released along with the four other feminist activists on April 13, was subjected to grueling, humiliating interrogations on April 23rd and 24th. Don’t let the CCP machine destroy the very best of China. – The Editor
Fate and chance made me a social worker and a feminist: gentle and timid in appearance, but a staunch defender of women’s rights. Continue reading
Wu Rongrong: How I Became a Women’s Rights Advocate已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines
Tagged Woman’s Rights Activists, Wu Rongrong
2015-05-04
Pu Zhiqiang (front right) attends a seminar about the Tiananmen crackdown in Beijing, May 3, 2014.
Photo courtesy of CHRD
Authorities in the Chinese capital have once more extended the detention of prominent rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang, who has now spent a year behind bars without trial, after he marked Continue reading
China Extends Detention of Rights Lawyer Ahead of Tiananmen Anniversary已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, June 4th Commemoration, Writers in Prison
Tagged Human Rights Lawyer, June 4, Pu Zhiqiang, Tiananmen
