Calls Grow for Release of Chinese Student Held Over Tiananmen Tweet

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2014-06-13 


A police van patrols Chang An Avenue near Tiananmen Square in Beijing, May 12, 2014.
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China’s Supreme Court Overturns Death Sentences For Child Rapists

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2014-06-12 


Tang Hui sits in the Hunan Provincial People’s High Court in Changsha on July 15, 2013.
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Jailed Nobel Dissident Unlikely to be Released Early: Lawyer

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2014-06-13

An undated file photo of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo.
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Jailed Chinese Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo is unlikely to be granted parole when his sentence comes up for review later this year, his lawyer said on Friday. Continue reading →

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Is that leg loaded? Ai Weiwei starts web craze with mysterious ‘leg-gun’ pose

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The Chinese artist has sparked an internet meme by posting pictures of people with their legs raised and pointing like rifles. Is it his latest revolutionary act? A new dance craze? Or the next Angelina Jolie’s thigh? We weigh up the options Continue reading →

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A Media Mogul, Alone on the Island-Hong Kong’s fiery beacon of the free press, Apple Daily, is under threat from shadowy forces. Can it survive if Beijing wants it dead or quiet?

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BY JOHN GARNAUT JUNE 2, 2014

HONG KONG — When somebody rammed a stolen car into media magnate Jimmy Lai’s home last June 19 and neatly arranged an ax and a meat cleaver in front of the battered gate, Continue reading →

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China Arrests Rights Lawyer Pu Zhiqiang Who Fought Labor Camps

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BEIJING June 13, 2014 (AP)

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Just half a year ago, civil rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang was earning accolades in the Chinese media for his work pushing for the abolition of labor camps. On Friday, Pu made headlines again — Continue reading →

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PEN Atlas Q&A – Juan Gabriel Vásquez, author of The Sound of Things Falling

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Posted November 29th, 2012 by Tasja Dorkofikis & filed under Pen Atlas.
PEN Atlas editor Tasja Dorkofikis talks to critically acclaimed writer Juan Gabriel Vásquez, author of English PEN Award winning title The Sound of Things Falling, translated by Anne McLean. Vásquez visted the UK Continue reading →

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Decoding China’s Emerging “Great Power” Strategy in Asia

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CHRISTOPHER K. JOHNSON, ERNEST Z. BOWER, VICTOR D. CHA, MICHAEL J. GREEN, MATTHEW P. GOODMAN06.01.14
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The course charted by China’s reemergence as a great power over the next few decades represents the primary strategic challenge for the U.S.-Japan security alliance and for the East Asian security landscape writ large. Continue reading →

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