BY EDITORIAL BOARD July 5
THE EFFORT to rename part of the Northwest Washington street in front of the Chinese Embassy in honor of an imprisoned Chinese dissident is, as some have noted, purely symbolic. But that should be celebrated, not derided. Speaking out against an egregious injustice is the right thing to do and, as history has shown, can eventually make a difference. Continue reading
Washington Post：Renaming a street after Liu Xiaobo is the right thing to do已关闭评论
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By AUSTIN RAMZY JULY 3, 2014 3:08 AM July 3, 2014 10:46 pm
The police removed demonstrators on Wednesday morning from a sit-in that followed Hong Kong’s pro-democracy march.Credit Kin Cheung/Associated Press
After a day of largely ignoring the big turnout for Hong Kong’s pro-democracy Continue reading
After Relative Silence on Hong Kong Protests, Mainland Media Outlets Note Arrests已关闭评论
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By MICHAEL FORSYTHE JULY 2, 2014 2:51 AMJuly 2, 2014 5:45 am
Marchers carried a scaled-down replica of the Goddess of Democracy, an icon of the 1989 protests in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, during Hong Kong’s pro-democracy demonstration Tuesday.Credit Kin Cheung/Associated Press
Cecilia Ng was born seven years after the Goddess of Democracy statue in Tiananmen Square was Continue reading
In Hong Kong, a Potent Visual Echo of Tiananmen已关闭评论
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Two Tibetan writers, Jangtse Donkho (pen name: Nyen/”The Wrathful”) and Buddha, who were accused of publishing reactionary and separatist writings on the experience of being Tibetan under Chinese rule, were released on 20 June 2014 Continue reading
By CHESTER YUNG, EDWARD NGAI and NED LEVIN CONNECT
Updated July 2, 2014 2:37 a.m. ET
Protesters are taken away by police officers after a sit-in in Hong Kong’s financial district. Kin Cheung/Associated Press
HONG KONG—Police arrested 511 people who refused to leave a street in the financial Continue reading
Hong Kong Democracy Protest: Thousands March Through City-More Than 500 People Arrested After Refusing to Leave a Street in Central District已关闭评论
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By China Change, published: June 26, 2014
Apart from Beijing and Guangzhou, the other Chinese city where large-scale arrests of citizen activists and rights lawyers have taken place is Zhengzhou (郑州), midway on the Beijing-Guangzhou transportation artery and the capital of Henan province (河南省). Continue reading
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Protesters in Hong Kong hold pictures of Chinese human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang as they march to the Chinese liaison office on May 14. Agence France-Presse/Getty Images
By Stanley Lubman
In a Beijing apartment in May, about 20 people met to discuss the Tiananmen protests in June 1989 Continue reading
‘Picking Quarrels’ Casts Shadow Over Chinese Law已关闭评论
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By AP News Jun 30, 2014 5:39AM UTC
An assistance guides voters at a polling station for an unofficial referendum on democratic reform in Hong Kong Sunday
HONG KONG (AP) — An informal referendum aimed at bolstering support for greater democracy in Hong Kong has drawn nearly 800,000 votes and Beijing’s ire. Continue reading
Big turnout in Hong Kong democracy vote irks Beijing已关闭评论
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