Tienchi Martin-Liao：A Mud Battle Fought in A Quagmire-Censorship and corruption in Chinese journalism

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by Tienchi Martin-Liao / November 20, 2013


Chen Yongzhou

Express reporter Chen Yongzhu. Photo courtesy of Tienchi Martin-Liao via news.163.com.

Over the last 18 months Chen Yongzhou, Continue reading →

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Tienchi Martin-Liao:“Reeducation Through Labor” has Been Swept into the Dustbin of History

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by Tienchi Martin-Liao / December 4, 2013

The CCP has abolished its system of forced prison labor, but some believe more legal reforms are necessary.

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The One Book You Need To Read To Understand America

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Posted: 07/02/2014 9:57 am EDT Updated: 07/02/2014 9:59 am EDT

By Sarah Jane Abbott for Off the Shelf

Sitting down to write a piece on To Kill a Mockingbird is a daunting task — what could I possibly have to say about this enduring American classic that hasn’t already been said? It won the Pulitzer Prize, Continue reading →

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Beijing’s Weibo ban hits close to home-Suspension of accounts after the July 1 protest a worrying sign of threat to innovation, freedom

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An average of 70 out of every 10,000 Weibo posts made on July 1 were quickly deleted, according to researchers at the University of Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters

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Washington Post：Renaming a street after Liu Xiaobo is the right thing to do

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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 →

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The completely serious decline of the Hollywood comedy

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By John McDuling @jmcduling July 3, 2014

Doesn’t play well in China. AP Photo
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GSK crisis: British investigator faces closed trial in China

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Languishing in poor health in a prison cell for a year, a British investigator and his wife are the collateral damage of the Chinese probe into GlaxoSmithKline


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Are Categories Like Immigrant Fiction and ‘New American’ Fiction Valid or Worthwhile?

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By PANKAJ MISHRA and FRANCINE PROSE  JULY 1, 2014

Each week in Bookends, two writers take on questions about the world of books. This week, Pankaj Mishra and Francine Prose discuss whether categories like immigrant fiction are useful or meaningful labels.

By Pankaj Mishra

Many of the writers who have revitalized American literature in recent years neither disown nor reclaim the past.

“I am an American, Chicago born,” Augie March declares in Saul Bellow’s 1953 novel, “and go at things as I have taught myself, free-style, and will make the record in my own way.” “The Adventures of Augie March” Continue reading →

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