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Human Rights lawyer Teng Biao
Teng Biao is one of China’s best-known civil-rights lawyers, and a prominent member of the weiquan, or “rights defenders,” movement, a loosely knit coalition of Chinese lawyers and activists who tackle cases related to the environment, religious freedom, and freedom of speech and the press. Continue reading
China’s Unstoppable Lawyers: An Interview With Teng Biao已关闭评论
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theguardian.com, Thursday 16 October 2014 04.37 EDT
Corporation condemns ‘deliberate censorship’ as Chinese official claims foreign media are not reporting protests objectively
China has blocked the BBC website as protests in Hong Kong continue. Photograph: Alexander Koerner/Getty Images Continue reading
China blocks BBC website as Hong Kong tensions rise已关闭评论
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BY SUI-LEE WEE AND MEGHA RAJAGOPALAN
BEIJING Mon Oct 13, 2014 5:36am EDT
Oct 13 (Reuters) – China has detained a prominent scholar who helped blind dissident Chen Guangcheng flee to the United States two years ago and has banned books by eight writers in an escalating crackdown on dissent. Continue reading
China detains scholar, bans books in crackdown on moderate voices已关闭评论
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Tagged Bans Books, Democracy, Guo Yushan, Hong Kong, Occupy Central movement
OCT. 10, 2014
“When I talk with friends, I reminisce about the ’80s, when everything was not so tainted by the pressure of money, when poets didn’t abandon their work.” — SHENG KEYI Credit Adam Dean for The New York Times
The Saturday Profile
By JANE PERLEZ
BEIJING — WHEN her village was still lush with lotus plants, and a Continue reading
Chinese Writer, Tackling Tiananmen, Wields ‘Power to Offend’已关闭评论
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ZHANG XIAORAN 10.03.14
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A pro-democracy protester yells out in Hong Kong’s Mongkok neighborhood, October 3, 2014. Thousands of pro-democracy supporters continue to occupy the streets of Hong Kong’s financial district. Continue reading
Under Different Umbrellas-How Hong Kong’s Protestors Divided Mainlanders’ Minds已关闭评论
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PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 08 October, 2014, 5:34pm
UPDATED : Wednesday, 08 October, 2014, 5:57pm
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A road Continue reading
Poetry reading for Hong Kong protesters prompts detentions in Beijing已关闭评论
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Tagged Democracy, Hong Kong, Occupy Central movement, Songzhuang, Wang Zang
By Doug Young, special to CNN
October 7, 2014 — Updated 0224 GMT (1024 HKT)
A pro-democracy protester sleeps on a street in the Continue reading
Opinion: China relies on old tricks to control coverage of Hong Kong protests已关闭评论
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OCTOBER 6, 2014 Continue reading
Hong Kong: Protect Rights to Peaceful Protest-End Use of Excessive Force; Investigate Alleged Violence, Sexual Assault已关闭评论
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