Rural ‘Eco-Museum’ in China Preserves a Song Tradition, and a People’s Culture

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June 20th, 2014 by Ken Smith 

The rural Chinese village of Dimen, above, in southwest China’s Guizhou province, is home to the Dong minority — and the recently founded Dimen Dong Eco-Museum. Continue reading →

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Hong Kong’s Most Dangerous Man Wants People to Vote

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By Bruce Einhorn June 20, 2014

Occupy Central organizer Benny Tai
Photograph by Bobby Yip/Landov
Benny Tai, a soft-spoken law professor at the University of Hong Kong, is the man behind Occupy Central with Love and Peace, Continue reading →

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CloudFlare: Hong Kong democracy movement hit by ‘one of largest DDoS attacks in internet history’

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Occupy Central, a grassroots movement that aims to bring universal suffrage to Hong Kong, has been subject to “one of the largest and most persistent DDoS attacks in the history of the Internet,” Continue reading →

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Restrictions, Detentions, Disappearances, Arrests before and beyond June 4, 2014

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Compiled by HRIC based on published reports and information available online. Last updated on June 19, 2014. Total Count: 130 individuals. (An asterisk (*) denotes that the detention or physical restriction of the individual has ended.). Continue reading →

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What Kind of a Place Is Zhaoyuan? A slice of China.

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By Shun Ni, published: June 20, 2014

 

Zhaoyuan is my hometown. The Baidu Encyclopedia tells us that Zhaoyuan (招远) is one of the top one hundred counties in China. It was established as Zhaoyuan County in the year 1131. As of the end of 2013, Continue reading →

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Sensitive Words: Returning From Exile, Hunting Tigers

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As of June 20, the following search terms are blocked on Weibo (not including the “search for user” function).

Returning From Exile: Tiananmen protest leader Zhou Fengsuo, who has been living in exile as a US citizen for the past 25 years, returned to Beijing on the anniversary of the June 4th crackdown. Continue reading →

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China Uses ‘House of Cards’ as Illustration of West’s Corruption

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By BREE FENG JUNE 19, 2014 9:40 AM


Kevin Spacey as Frank Underwood in “House of Cards,” which is being cited in China as a faithful portrayal of the depths of official corruption in Western developed countries. Continue reading →

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China’s New Journalism Rules ‘Put Shackles’ on Media

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2014-06-19

Chinese journalists interview a relative (C) of passengers on a missing Malaysia Airlines flight in Beijing on March 26, 2014. Continue reading →

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