Tienchi Martin-Liao：“Creating a Disturbance in a Public Place, Causing Serious Disorder”

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by Tienchi Martin-Liao / May 28, 2014

A new period of persecution in China.


Tiananmen May 1989

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Tienchi Martin-Liao: Offshore Leaks Trigger Wave of Fear

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by Tienchi Martin-Liao / February 12, 2014

Did China imprison activists and dissident writers to divert attention from corruption scandal?

Xu Zhiyong and Hu Jia Supporters Continue reading →

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Tienchi Martin-Liao: Also Sprach the Puppet-Song Binbin, a former Red Guard, officially apologizes…

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by Tienchi Martin-Liao / January 29, 2014

 

Song Binbin, a former Red Guard, officially apologizes…

Song Binbin and Mao
Song Binbin pins a Red Guard armband on Mao Zedong, Aug. 18, 1966. Photo via WantChinaTimes. Continue reading →

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China deports artist Guo Jian in Tiananmen crackdown

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By Tom Mitchell in BeijingAuthor alerts

Beijing deported a prominent Chinese-Australian artist on Monday, capping one of China’s most severe crackdowns on dissent in recent years.

Guo Jian, 52, was detained on June 1 for an alleged visa violation, according to China’s foreign affairs ministry. Continue reading →

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Concerns in China over alleged secret trial of Uighur scholar Ilham Tohti

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Lawyer representing academic cites unconfirmed reports of ‘heavy’ sentencing after arrest and charges related to separatism
Tania Branigan in Beijing

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Behold the Fall Harvest

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By JOHN WILLIAMSJUNE 13, 2014

When BookExpo America, the annual trade convention, took place in Manhattan two weeks ago, the publishing industry turned its gaze to the traditionally heavy-hitting fall season. Continue reading →

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Design Democracy Hong Kong’s First Report on Universal Suffrage Models

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JUNE 12, 2014

 

As of 5 May 2014 when the government’s five-months consultation ended, Design Democracy Hong Kong (DDHK) received 592 submitted models concerning the system of Continue reading →

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Book Review: “The Chinese Labour Corps”

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4 June 2014

In Western spheres of influence, WWI is also known as The Great War for Civilization, but it’s unlikely that the Chinese men recruited to supplement the French, British and American war efforts would have viewed it as such. Continue reading →

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