
Chinese tourists in Edinburgh. Image via Wikimedia Commons
Chinese tourists in Edinburgh. Image via Wikimedia Commons
Tienchi Martin-Liao: The Unwelcome Chinese已关闭评论
Posted in Book Reviews, Tienchi Martin-Liao
Tagged Chen Pokong, The Unwelcome Chinese, Tienchi Martin-Liao
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Tienchi Martin-Liao: The Muppet Show in Court已关闭评论
Posted in Human Rights Lawyer, Tienchi Martin-Liao
Tagged confession, court, Hu Shigen, Tienchi Martin-Liao, trail, Wang Yu
From Wang Shiwei to Liu Xiaobo: Prisoners of Literary Inquisition under Communist Rule in China
Qin Yongmin (August 11, 1953 – ), a worker, social activist and editor of independent magzines, was taken into custody for his involvement in Wuhan’s Democracy Wall Movement and for uniting magazines throughout China. In 1982, he was sentenced to eight years imprisonment for “counter-revolutionary propaganda and incitement”. Continue reading
No 17. Yu Zhang: Case 36 (1982): Qin Yongmin, Sentenced for Uniting Magazines已关闭评论
Posted in 2011, honorary Members, PEN for Freedom, Zhang Yu
Tagged literary inquisition, QIN YONGMIN, Yu Zhang
Author Yu Jie. Image via Wikimedia Commons.
Tienchi Martin-Liao: Yu Jie and the Leviathan State已关闭评论
Posted in News & Events, Tienchi Martin-Liao
Tagged Tienchi Martin-Liao, Yu Jie
Fifty years ago this month, Mao Zedong launched China’s Cultural Revolution – a decade of chaos, persecution, and violence, carried out in the name of ideology and in the interest of expanding Mao’s personal power. Yet, instead of reflecting on that episode’s destructive legacy, the Chinese government is limiting all discussion of it, and Chinese citizens, focused on the wealth brought by three decades of market-oriented reforms, have been content to go along. But at a time when President Xi Jinping is carrying out ruthless purges and creating his own cult of personality, burying the past is not cost-free. Continue reading
Ma Jian: A Son of Cultural Revolution已关闭评论
Tagged Cultural Revolution, Ma Jian, Mao Zedong, Xi Jinping
Harry Wu on Human Rights Day. Image via Wikimedia Commons
Tienchi Martin-Liao : Harry Wu: An Amazing Survivor已关闭评论
Posted in Culture, Headlines, History, Tienchi Martin-Liao
Tagged Forced Labor, Harry Wu, Laogai, Tienchi Martin-Liao
From left to right: Chang Ping, Tienchi Martin-Liao, writer Ye Fu, and a friend, in Amsterdam in 2012. Image courtesy of the author.
Tienchi Martin-Liao: Horsetrading With Abduction已关闭评论
Posted in Internet Freedom, Tienchi Martin-Liao
Tagged Chang Ping, open letter, sibling-abduction, Tioenchi Martin-Liao, Xi Jinping