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Q. and A.: Francis Fukuyama on China’s Political Development

Posted on 05/02/2015 by | 已关闭评论

By QITONG CAO MAY 1, 2015 4:18 AM May 1, 2015 4:18 am

Francis Fukuyama’s widely read essay “The End of History?” — published just before the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 — posited that Western liberal democracy may turn out to be the endpoint of political development. So when Mr. Fukuyama laid out what he considered Continue reading →

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Police in China’s Guangdong Move Ahead With Activist’s Subversion Trial

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2015-04-30

Activist Su Changlan’s husband (C) is accompanied by two lawyers, Li Fang (L) and Wu Kuiming (R), in an undisclosed location on Nov 18, 2014.
(Photo courtesy of LiFangPing micro-channel.)

Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong are moving ahead Continue reading →

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China Denies Ethnic Mongolian Dissident a Passport to Seek Medical Help

Posted on 04/30/2015 by | 已关闭评论

2015-04-30

Hada (L) shares a meal with son Uiles (C) and wife Xinna (R) in a file photo.
AFP

Chinese authorities in Inner Mongolia have refused an application by ethnic Mongolian dissident Hada and his son for a passport, to travel overseas to seek medical attention, he told RFA on Thursday. Continue reading →

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China’s New Internet Rules Raise Questions Over Role of Agency

Posted on 04/29/2015 by | 已关闭评论

2015-04-29

Netizens at an Internet cafe in China’s Zhejiang province, Nov. 2, 2012.
AFP

Tough new regulations requiring online publishers to attend “chats” with officials Continue reading →

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Tagged censorship, China, Internet Freedom

A Joint Donation Drive for Gao Yu

Posted on 04/28/2015 by | 已关闭评论

By Humanitarian China and China Change, published: April 26, 2015

Humanitarian China will match your donation, as it did in the Ilham Tohti drive, and send twice as much as it receives to the family of Gao Yu.

Chinese journalist Gao Yu, who served a seven-yearss prison sentence for disclosing “state secrets”, addresses a press conference in Hong Kong, 05 February 2007. International PEN held a meeting 2-5 February 2007 of writers from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan along with writers from other countries to discuss literature and free expression. AFP PHOTO/MIKE CLARKE

A file photo of Chinese journalist Gao Yu speaking at a press conference in Hong Kong. AFP via RFA http://www.rfa.org/english/commentaries/baotong/detention-03302015110907.html

On April 17, Beijing Municipal Third Intermediary People’s Court sentenced 71-year-old independent Chinese Continue reading →

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Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration, Press Freedom

Tagged Gao Yu