China’s ‘Re-education’ For Sex Workers Similar to Labor Camps: Lawyers

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2014-06-11

Workers at an entertainment venue in Dongguan crouch by a wall during a police raid on Feb. 9, 2014. Continue reading →

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Hong Kong’s Autonomy ‘Still Subject to Beijing’

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2014-06-10


Pro-democracy activists argue with police during a rally to mark the 1989 Tiananmen Square military crackdown in Hong Kong, June 4, 2014
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Hong Kong Democracy Activists Rebuke China’s White Paper

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Protesters raise a mock “white paper”, left, released by Beijing State Council on Tuesday saying it holds ultimate control over the former British colony, outside the Chinese liaison office in Hong Kong, June 11, 2014. Continue reading →

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A Letter to the Newton (Massachusetts) Community

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By Fengsuo Zhou, Yaxue Cao, published: June 11, 2014

 

(Henry Degroot is a student at Newton North High School, Massachusetts. He wrote a pro-democracy note in a Chinese student’s notebook during an exchange program in Beijing and signed it. A Chinese teacher found out. Henry was detained for five hours, forced to apologize by his American teachers, and, back to America, the school barred him from prom.) Continue reading →

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Prominent rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang could face lengthy jail term, fellow lawyer fears

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Pu Zhiqiang was placed in criminal detention on May 6 after he attended a private meeting commemorating the 25th anniversary of the crackdown on the Tiananmen pro-democracy movement. Continue reading →

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The Eurasian Perspective of the White Paper on Hong Kong

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2014-6-11 20:12:50
As I ate lunch today with a friend at House News, discussing our reaction to Beijing’s release yesterday of a White Paper on Hong Kong, I received two message from another concerned friend. Continue reading →

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HK Bar association responded to the white Paper of state info office on rule of law and one country two system policy

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反駁白皮書 大律師公會聲明全文
2014-6-11 13:33:25

大律師公會，今午發出四頁聲明，反駁中國國務院昨日發出的《「一國兩制」在香港特別行政區的實踐》白皮書，另看報道〈大律師公會反駁白皮書 斥發放錯誤訊息〉。 Continue reading →

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The Transformative Effect of Color in the Poetry of Tomas Tranströmer

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June 10, 2014 Noah B. Salamon


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Nobel laureate Tomas Tranströmer is a poet of great Continue reading →

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