The Chinese Labour Corps: The Forgotten Chinese Labourers of the First World War by Mark O’Neill

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reviewed by Juan José Morales

15 June 2014 — The 100th anniversary of the First World War has prompted the publication of books that continue to shed light on the conflict, Continue reading →

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YESTERDAY BY HARUKI MURAKAMI

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JUNE 9, 2014


Photograph by Michael Marcelle. Continue reading →

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China: Free Lawyer, Drop Charges-Pu Zhiqiang’s Formal Arrest a Step Backward for Rule of Law

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JUNE 14, 2014
“Pu’s ‘crime’ appears to be nothing more than peacefully pushing the legal system to follow its own laws. By arresting Pu, President Xi has gutted his own commitments to the rule of law, and halted the work of someone critical to legal reform efforts.” Continue reading →

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China to Prosecute Pu Zhiqiang for Activism

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BEIJING — The Chinese authorities on Friday announced the formal arrest of a well-known rights defender who last month took part in a private seminar where participants discussed the army’s violent suppression of the student-led protests of 1989 in Tiananmen Square. Continue reading →

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China: Detention of human rights defenders following commemoration of 1989 Tiananmen Square protests

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HRDs gathered on 3 May for seminar commemorating Tiananmen Crackdown (canyu.org)HRDs gathered on 3 May for seminar commemorating Tiananmen Crackdown (canyu.org)
On 4 and 5 May 2014 a number of human rights defenders in Beijing were taken in for Continue reading →

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Cairo in Chinese

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ALISON KLAYMAN 06.02.14

When Shen Yitong left her home in China to study French at Cairo University in 2008, she didn’t know that she would come to think of Egypt as a second home, Continue reading →

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PU ZHIQIANG：‘June Fourth’ Seventeen Years Later: How I Kept a Promise

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08.10.06

The weekend of June 3, 2006, was the seventeenth anniversary of the Beijing massacre and also the first time I ever received a summons. It happened, as the police put it, Continue reading →

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Chinese Fathers Who Beat Their Kids Get a Beating Online

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3:26 pm HKT Jun 13, 2014

According to Weibo, most Chinese fathers aren’t as comforting as this one, Continue reading →

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