By EDWARD WONG APRIL 8, 2015
BEIJING — Five women’s rights activists are being held illegally in Beijing because the police have failed to ask prosecutors to formally arrest them, the lawyers for three of them said on Wednesday.
According to Chinese law, the police are generally required to file a Continue reading
5 Women’s Rights Activists in China Are Being Held Illegally, Lawyers Say已关闭评论
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2015-04-07
Activist Chen Yunfei leads a protest against alleged pollution at a petrochemical plant in Pengzhou, in Sichuan province, March 6, 2015. Photo courtesy of an RFA listener
Authorities in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan have formally detained a prominent rights activist on subversion Continue reading
China Formally Detains Sichuan Activist For ‘Subversion’ After Tiananmen Memorial Visit已关闭评论
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Tue Apr 7, 2015 7:27am EDT
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivers remarks during the 2015 Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting award in Washington March 23, 2015.
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(Reuters) – China called on other countries on Tuesday to respect its judicial sovereignty after Continue reading
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By BECKY DAVIS APRIL 6, 2015 9:37 AM April 6, 2015 9:37 am
Barnaby Yeh of the Sino-Judaic Institute leads morning prayers for Jewish descendants in Kaifeng.Credit Becky Davis/The New York Times
Over the remains of the Chinese-style Passover banquet – soups with bamboo and huge chunks of fresh tofu, steamed fish and platters of crisp greens in mustard sauce – Li Pengling, 16, Continue reading
A budget hotel in Bangkok’s Chinatown was the stepping stone to a new life in Canada for two activists fleeing Beijing authorities
Liu Linna and Yang Kuang were introduced by mutual friends in 2013. They married that year, but being together proved difficult because of their efforts to highlight human rights abuses. (Photos by Wichan Charoenkiartpakun)
Political activists Liu Linna and Yeung Hung met on Valentine’s Day in China two years ago and their romance blossomed, eventually leading to marriage. Continue reading
Liu Linna and Yang Kuang：Love in a time of political protest已关闭评论
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By ANDREW JACOBS APRIL 5, 2015
Wei Tingting, right, outside a court in Beijing where the first case in China involving so-called conversion therapy was being held in July. Ms. Wei is one of five women’s rights activists sitting in jail, accused of provoking social instability. Credit Ng Han Guan/Associated Press
BEIJING — The young Chinese feminists shaved their heads to protest Continue reading
Taking Feminist Battle to China’s Streets, and Landing in Jail已关闭评论
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By YONGXI WU APRIL 3, 2015 10:34 AM April 3, 2015 10:34 am
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Ha Jin‘s latest novel, “A Map of Betrayal,” tells the story of Shang Weimin, a Chinese mole within the C.I.A. He adopts the name Gary, Continue reading
Q. and A.: Ha Jin on Patriotism, Exile and ‘A Map of Betrayal’已关闭评论
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By PAUL MOZUR April 02, 2015
One of the world’s great coding libraries is safe, for now.
As of Tuesday, GitHub, a site that hosts code for programmers, said that a major attack that seemed to come from the Chinese government had subsided.
For the last week, GitHub had been overwhelmed by traffic that security experts said originated from China’s Great Firewall. Continue reading
China Blamed for 5-Day Attack on Coding Site GitHub已关闭评论
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