FILE – From right: Prince Wong, Joshua Wong and Isabella Lo walk at the occupied area outside government headquarters during their hunger strike in Hong Kong Wednesday, Dec.3, 2014.
June 13, 2015 9:28 AM
Members of U.S. Congress and human rights groups are urging the U.S. government to do more for Hong Kong’s democracy ahead of a vote next week in Hong Kong on the territory’s Continue reading
Legislators, Rights Advocates Urge More US Action on Hong Kong Reforms已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy
Tagged Democracy, Hong Kong, Occupy Central movement
2015-06-11
Aung San Suu Kyi meets with China’s president Xi Jinping in Beijing, June 11, 2015.
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Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi should “talk democracy” to China’s Continue reading
Calls Grow For Aung San Suu Kyi to ‘Talk Democracy’ to Beijing已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Support Liu Xiaobo
Tagged Aung San Suu Kyi, China, Myanmar
2015-06-09
Du Yanlin photographs himself with an umbrella on Tiananmen Square, June 4, 2015.
Photo courtesy of Du Yanlin
Authorities in the Chinese capital are holding an activist on public order charges after he raised a black umbrella on Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on the anniversary of the June 4, 1989 military crackdown on the student-led democracy movement, activists said.
Du Yanlin, 52, who has worked for outspoken artist Continue reading
China Holds Activist Who Posted Umbrella Selfie on Tiananmen Square on June 4已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrives at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, China, June 10, 2015.
William Ide
Last updated on: June 10, 2015 10:29 AM
BEIJING—Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, making her first visit to China this week, is expected to meet with Communist Party leaders including President Xi Jinping. Continue reading
China Silent on Aung San Suu Kyi’s First Visit已关闭评论
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Tagged Aung San Suu Kyi, China, Liu Xiaobo
FILE – Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is seen in a Nov. 13, 2014, image in Naypyitaw, Myanmar.
June 09, 2015 8:24 AM
BEIJING—Chinese leaders will woo Myanmar’s opposition leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi on her first visit to the country, a snub for the quasi-military Continue reading
China to Push ‘Special Bond’ With Myanmar During Suu Kyi Visit已关闭评论
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Tagged Aung San Suu Kyi, Liu Xiaobo, Myanmar, Nobel Peace Prize
By ALAN WONG and MICHAEL FORSYTHE JUNE 4, 2015
Tens of thousands gathered at the candlelight vigil at Victoria Park, Hong Kong, on Thursday to mark the 26th anniversary of the military crackdown on protests in Tiananmen Square, Beijing. Credit Tyrone Siu/Reuters
HONG KONG — For the first time in years, Hui King-to chose not to take part in the candlelight vigil in Victoria Park here commemorating those who died during Continue reading
Hong Kong’s Young People Feel Less Invested in Fight for Democracy on Mainland已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
FILE – Portraits of victims of the June 4, 1989 bloodshed are displayed at the June 4 Memorial Museum run by pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong.
William Gallo
Last updated on: June 04, 2015 8:47 AM
WASHINGTON—A group of Chinese college students studying overseas is distributing an open letter calling for Communist Party leaders to be held accountable for the atrocities committed 26 years ago Thursday, when Chinese forces violently dispersed pro-democracy Continue reading
Chinese Students in US Urge Justice for Tiananmen Massacre已关闭评论
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Tagged Gu Yi, June 4th, Student, Tiananmen, Tiananmen Massacre
To mark Beijing’s Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989, thousands of people attend an annual candlelight vigil at the Victoria Park in Hong Kong, June 4, 2015.
Last updated on: June 04, 2015 11:04 AM
HONG KONG—In Hong Kong’s Victoria Park, people each year gather for an annual candlelight vigil to remember the victims of China’s 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters Continue reading
Hong Kong Vigil Held on Tiananmen Anniversary已关闭评论
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