Category Archives: Special Topics

UN body rules that Ilham Tohti’s detention “arbitrary,” violates intl law & requests China to release him immediately

Posted on 07/18/2014 by | UN body rules that Ilham Tohti’s detention “arbitrary,” violates intl law & requests China to release him immediately已关闭评论

UN body rules that Ilham Tohti’s detention “arbitrary,” violates intl law & requests China to release him immediately Continue reading →

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Hong Kong Rising: An Interview with Albert Ho

Posted on 07/17/2014 by | Hong Kong Rising: An Interview with Albert Ho已关闭评论

Perry Link, with Ian Johnson

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A sit-in for democratic rights in Hong Kong’s central district, July 1, 2014

The former British colony of Hong Kong reverted to China on July 1, 1997, and on every July 1 since Continue reading →

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Book Editor Says His Firing Was Linked to Tiananmen Gathering

Posted on 07/16/2014 by | Book Editor Says His Firing Was Linked to Tiananmen Gathering已关闭评论

By ANDREW JACOBS JULY 16, 2014 2:26 AMJuly 16, 2014 11:09 am 

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Li Xuewen.
Li Xuewen.Credit Courtesy of Li Xuewen

Li Xuewen, an essayist and playwright in Beijing, has been fired from his job as a book editor Continue reading →

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Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration

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Tienchi Martin-Liao：Dictatorship is a Decapitator, Whether it Tortures You or Treats You Well

Posted on 07/15/2014 by | Tienchi Martin-Liao：Dictatorship is a Decapitator, Whether it Tortures You or Treats You Well已关闭评论

by Tienchi Martin-Liao / October 23, 2013

On the contrasting lives of Chinese dissidents in prison.

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Human rights activist and lawyer Teng Biao. Photo: Courtesy of Tienchi Marin-Liao. Continue reading →

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Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Tienchi Martin-Liao

Lawyer Charged After Trying to Defend June 4 Commemorators

Posted on 07/09/2014 by | Lawyer Charged After Trying to Defend June 4 Commemorators已关闭评论

By DIDI KIRSTEN TATLOW JULY 7, 2014 4:23 AMJuly 7, 2014 11:45 pm

A meeting on May 3 in Beijing to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen democracy movement led to the detentions of several participants and criminal charges against a prominent lawyer, Continue reading →

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Chang Ping:Tiananmen Massacre not a “Passing Lapse” of the Chinese Government

Posted on 07/09/2014 by | Chang Ping:Tiananmen Massacre not a “Passing Lapse” of the Chinese Government已关闭评论

published: July 8, 2014

On June 4, Deutsche Welle published a piece by its China correspondent, Frank Sieren, titled: “From Tiananmen to Leipzig” (German, Chinese translation). In this article, Mr. Sieren takes an inventive angle on the bloody act Continue reading →

Chang Ping:Tiananmen Massacre not a “Passing Lapse” of the Chinese Government已关闭评论

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Tienchi Martin-Liao:Remembrance is Not Only a Right; It’s a Duty

Posted on 07/07/2014 by | Tienchi Martin-Liao:Remembrance is Not Only a Right; It’s a Duty已关闭评论

by Tienchi Martin-Liao / June 25, 2014 

Between Germany and Beijing: Tiananmen Square’s increasingly complex politics.


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Zhu Xinxin poses outside of Tiananmen Square shortly before the white flower pinned to his shirt was confiscated by police. Photo: Courtesy of Tienchi Martin-Liao via Boxun.com.

The vigil held in Hong Kong on June 4 for the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre Continue reading →

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Beijing’s Weibo ban hits close to home-Suspension of accounts after the July 1 protest a worrying sign of threat to innovation, freedom

Posted on 07/07/2014 by | Beijing’s Weibo ban hits close to home-Suspension of accounts after the July 1 protest a worrying sign of threat to innovation, freedom已关闭评论

 

By George Chen
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An average of 70 out of every 10,000 Weibo posts made on July 1 were quickly deleted, according to researchers at the University of Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters

Hong Kong is apparently becoming the next Tibet or Xinjiang Continue reading →

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