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

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

Dispatches: China’s Repression Isn’t Public Order

JULY 8, 2014

Sophie Richardson

Peacefully holding aloft banners calling for an end to corruption. Peacefully protesting outside government buildings. Peacefully gathering to commemorate historical anniversaries. These efforts have in recent months led to activists Continue reading

Chinese Christian Pastor’s 12-Year Prison Term ‘A Miscarriage of Justice’

2014-07-08


Christian pastor Zhang Shaojie in detention in February 2014.
Photo courtesy of lawyer Liu Weiguo.
Authorities in the central Chinese province of Henan have handed a 12-year Continue reading

Guo Feixiong and Sun Desheng Indictment

Guangdong Province, Guangzhou Municipal People’s Procuratorate for the Tianhe District

Indictment

GZ Tianhe Procuratorate criminal indict. (2014) No. 1343

 

Defendant Yang Maodong (a.k.a. Guo Feixiong), male, born August 2, 1966, ethnic Han, undergraduate university education level, ID number: 42010219660802****, place of household registration: [redacted by translators], Continue reading

Now Macau activists plan democracy poll in new headache for China

HONG KONG Tue Jul 8, 2014 10:09am IST

Visitors try a dice game at Gaming Expo Asia in Macau, in this file picture taken May 22, 2012.
CREDIT: REUTERS/BOBBY YIP/FILES
(Reuters) – Three activist groups in Chinese-ruled Macau, the world’s biggest gambling hub, Continue reading

Audrey Niffenegger delivers the PEN/H.G. Wells Lecture

August 15 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Audrey Niffenegger delivers the PEN/H.G. Wells Lecture

Bestselling writer and artist Audrey Niffenegger will deliver the inaugural PEN/H.G. Continue reading

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

by Tienchi Martin-Liao / June 25, 2014 

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


Zhu Xinxin white flower crop

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

Tienchi Martin-Liao:Rice-Delivery-Party-A philanthropic e-commerce project provides financial aid to the families of Chinese political prisoners

 

by Tienchi Martin-Liao / November 6, 2013

 


Ye Fu and Friends

Head of the Rice Delivery Party, Ye Fu, and friends. Photo courtesy of Tienchi Martin-Liao.
It’s a common name, Butcher’s Shop, and it has become a popular page on taobao.com, Continue reading