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VOA Interview Cited in Case Against Chinese Dissident

Posted on 04/24/2015 by | VOA Interview Cited in Case Against Chinese Dissident已关闭评论

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April 23, 2015 3:32 PM

HONG KONG—A Chinese defense lawyer says he has learned that an interview with Voice of America’s Mandarin service is being cited in an indictment against his client, Yu Shiwen, Continue reading →

VOA Interview Cited in Case Against Chinese Dissident已关闭评论

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Pan-Democrats Protest in Hong Kong Legislature Over Beijing’s Election Plan

Posted on 04/22/2015 by | Pan-Democrats Protest in Hong Kong Legislature Over Beijing’s Election Plan已关闭评论

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Pan-democrat protesters prepare to go on a hunger strike to call for “true” universal suffrage in Hong Kong, March 28, 2014
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Pan-democratic lawmakers in Hong Kong walked out of the city’s legislature on Wednesday Continue reading →

Pan-Democrats Protest in Hong Kong Legislature Over Beijing’s Election Plan已关闭评论

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Gao Yu’s Family Under Surveillance Amid Security Clampdown in Beijing

Posted on 04/20/2015 by | Gao Yu’s Family Under Surveillance Amid Security Clampdown in Beijing已关闭评论

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Policemen take the identity of journalists before sentencing of Chinese journalist Gao Yu, April 17, 2015.
AFP
Beijing police are keeping the family of jailed veteran political journalist Gao Yu under close surveillance and tightening security in the Chinese capital, Continue reading →

Gao Yu’s Family Under Surveillance Amid Security Clampdown in Beijing已关闭评论

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Tiananmen Protester’s Plea to China: Let Me See My Dying Mother

Posted on 04/19/2015 by | Tiananmen Protester’s Plea to China: Let Me See My Dying Mother已关闭评论

17sino-yan-articleLargeBy PATRICK BOEHLER April 19, 2015

17sino-xiong02-articleInlineXiong Yan, center, one of the leaders of the 1989 pro-democracy demonstrations in Tiananmen Square, at a march in Hong Kong in 2009 marking the 20th anniversary of the protests and their suppression by the military.
Kin Cheung/Associated Press
On June 9, 1992, Xiong Yan embarked on the fishing boat that smuggled him out of China.

The former law student had once been one of China’s most wanted: Continue reading →

Tiananmen Protester’s Plea to China: Let Me See My Dying Mother已关闭评论

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China Formally Detains Sichuan Activist For ‘Subversion’ After Tiananmen Memorial Visit

Posted on 04/07/2015 by | China Formally Detains Sichuan Activist For ‘Subversion’ After Tiananmen Memorial Visit已关闭评论

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image (9)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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China Detains Dozens Amid Crackdown on Qing Ming Memorials

Posted on 04/06/2015 by | China Detains Dozens Amid Crackdown on Qing Ming Memorials已关闭评论

2015-04-06

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Photo courtesy of an activist

Police in the northern Chinese province of Shaanxi detained dozens of members of an anti-corruption campaign group after they tried to hold a public memorial for the father of President Continue reading →

China Detains Dozens Amid Crackdown on Qing Ming Memorials已关闭评论

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Secret historians preserve past in China amid state amnesia

Posted on 03/13/2015 by | Secret historians preserve past in China amid state amnesia已关闭评论

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Mar. 11, 2015 10:23 PM EDT

In this photo taken Monday, Jan. 26, 2015, Xu Xing talks about his documentary film work at home in… Read more

BEIJING (AP) — In his small ground-floor apartment just a few blocks from Beijing’s landmark Bird’s Nest stadium, Chinese language teacher, writer and do-it-yourself documentary maker Xu Xing is urgently preserving what he can of China’s forbidden past.

Traveling usually by himself Continue reading →

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From China, Love and Hate for Common’s Oscar Speech

Posted on 02/26/2015 by | From China, Love and Hate for Common’s Oscar Speech已关闭评论

The recording artist’s nod to Hong Kong protesters set off a social-media flame war.

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87th Annual Academy Awards - ShowFrom China, Love and Hate for Common’s Oscar Speech

After ascending the stage to receive the Oscar for Best Original Song along with popular crooner John Legend, the Chicago-born hip-hop artist known as Common Continue reading →

From China, Love and Hate for Common’s Oscar Speech已关闭评论

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