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China “Porn Inspector” Jobs Get Thousands of Applicants

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Charles Liu February 27, 2015 8:55am

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It’s a job that might seem like every teenage boy’s dream: Continue reading

China’s Brave Underground Journal—II

Ian Johnson DECEMBER 18, 2014 ISSUE

Remembrance an online journal published in Tiantongyuan, China

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Ouyang Xiang, son of a denounced former Party secretary in Heilongjiang province, being persecuted during the Cultural Revolution for sending an unsigned letter to the local revolutionary committee in his father’s defense, Harbin, November 1968. The sign around his neck bears his name Continue reading

China’s Brave Underground Journal

Ian Johnson DECEMBER 4, 2014 ISSUE

Remembrance an unofficial journal published in Tiantongyuan, China

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Young pioneers on the eve of the Cultural Revolution, 1965; photographs by Marc Riboud, whose exhibition ‘Witness at a Crossroads: Photographer Marc Riboud in Asia’ is at the Rubin Museum of Art, New York City, until March 23, 2015

On the last stretch of flatlands north of Beijing, just before the Mongolian foothills, lies the satellite city of Tiantongyuan. Built during the euphoric run-up Continue reading

Chinese Dissident Accuses Top U.S. Diplomat of Lying

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BY ISAAC STONE FISHFEBRUARY 25, 2015 – 5:29

In April 2012, blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng escaped from house arrest in a rural village and sought refuge in the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. The ruling Chinese Communist Party Continue reading

Xi Jinping the Star in China’s Lunar New Year TV Gala

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A screenshot shows the performance of “I Give My Heart to You” during this year’s China Central Television Spring Festival gala. Continue reading

Famous democracy activist Zhao Changqing sent back to Shaanxi Province jail to serve sentence

201501292354china1Boxun’s reporter has learned that Yang County, Shangluo City, Shaanxi Province renowned democracy activist Zhao Changqing has now probably been repatriated to a Shaanxi Province jail to serve out his sentence. Continue reading

World Press Freedom Index 2015: decline on all fronts

1-300x143The Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index ranks the performance of 180 countries according to a range of criteria Continue reading

PEN SA celebrates International Mother Language Day

by Deborah on Feb 21st, 2015

‘The right to speak, teach and learn in one’s own mother tongue is a fundamental human right. Language is key to knowing and expressing both one’s culture and one’s self. Continue reading