Fall of Zhou Yongkang Lights Up China’s Internet

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Zhou Yongkang, pictured in 2007. Reuters

China’s social media microblogs, the country’s de facto town square, Continue reading →

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Tienchi Martin-Liao: Ai Weiwei’s Art and the Chinese Tragi-Comedy

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July 23, 2014

Thoughts on the artist’s one-man exhibition in Berlin.

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Ai Weiwei’s piece ‘He Xie’ at the Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin. Photo provided by Tienchi Martin-Liao.

The largest one-man exhibition of Ai Weiwei’s artwork ended this week in Berlin’s Martin-Gropius-Bau. Continue reading →

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Tienchi Martin-Liao: Yan Lianke: A Master of Sarcasm

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September 3, 2013
An award-winning Chinese writer provokes and exposes the CCP, despite official bans and censorship.

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Chinese author Yan Lianke. Photo: friends.sfpl via Flickr.

This year the Chinese writer Yan Lianke has been longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize. Continue reading →

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Tienchi Martin-Liao: Xi Jinping Wants Journalists to Learn from Marx

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September 11, 2013

China’s president calls for a return to “Marxism,” but what does that mean exactly?

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Statue of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in Shanghai, China. Photo via wikimedia, Creative Commons.

Trier is a beautiful, Continue reading →

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Xiao Guozhen：Li Huaping-A Child of Freedom

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published: July 28, 2014

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Before Li Huaping (李化平) became known by his real name, he was known among Chinese netizens Continue reading →

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China Removes Crosses From Two More Churches in Crackdown

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The Wuxi Christian Church in China’s Zhejiang Province. The authorities have issued demolition notices to more than 100 churches in the area.

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BEIJING — In another sign of the authorities’ efforts Continue reading →

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‘Terrified’ Founder Decides to Shutter Hong Kong Pro-Democracy News Site ‘House News’

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Screen Capture of the House News’ Facebook Page. The site had more than 230 thousand Facebook followers before it shut down. Continue reading →

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US: Surveillance Harming Journalism, Law, Democracy

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Government Spying Undermines Media Freedom and Right to Counsel

JULY 28, 2014

(Washington, DC) – Large-scale US surveillance is seriously hampering US-based journalists and lawyers in their work, Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union Continue reading →

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