Elif Shafak writes to Imprisoned Writer Gao Yu

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We have never met in person. Yet the honesty, integrity and power of your words and your exceptional courage have travelled beyond the borders of China and reached my heart, Continue reading

Day of the Imprisoned Writer: Gao Yu

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HONG KONG-LITERATURE-FREEDOMBeijing-based veteran journalist, Gao Yu, ‘disappeared’ on 23 April 2014 Continue reading

Day of the Imprisoned Writer: PEN International calls on governments to free unjustly imprisoned writers

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On 15 November, PEN International, the worldwide association of writers, will mark the 33rd anniversary of the annual Day of the Imprisoned Writer, an international day that recognises writers who have suffered persecution as a result of exercising their right to freedom of expression. Continue reading

Writing China: Anne Witchard on ‘England’s Yellow Peril’

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A new book on the “yellow peril” reminds us that scaremongering about China has a long past.

Anne Witchard, a senior lecturer in English literature Continue reading

Young IT Professional Detained for Developing Software to Scale GFW of China

By China Change, published: November 12, 2014

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A 31-year-old Chinese IT professional named Xu Dong (许东, @onionhacker) was detained on November 4th by Beijing police for “picking quarrels and creating disturbances,” according to tweeted posted by Chinese activist Wu Gan (吴淦), better known by his online ID “Butcher” (屠夫). Continue reading

Remarks by Hu Yaobang’s son removed from Weibo

The following post from Professor Dong Zengshou (董增寿教授) was deleted from Sina Weibo sometime before 9:32AM today, November 13, 2014. Professor Dong Zengshou currently Continue reading

Benny Tai’s daughter writes of ‘unbearable pain’ seeing her father’s ‘white hair, coarse voice’

PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 11 November, 2014, 9:59pm

UPDATED : Wednesday, 12 November, 2014, 11:06am

Tony Cheung, Joyce Ng and Jeffie Lam

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Benny Tai with Tonya as a little girl. Photo: SCMP Pictures

The daughter of Occupy Central co-founder Benny Continue reading

CDT Bookshelf: Howard French on China in Africa

The story of China in Africa is not just one of lumbering and faceless state-owned enterprises mechanically dispensing stadiums according to blueprints wired from Beijing. Continue reading