Lunch with the FT: Guo Jian

By Tom Mitchell
Now an artist creating work out of minced pork and litter, the former soldier and Tiananmen Square protester recalls the horrors of that night in Beijing 25 years ago. By Tom Mitchell


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EU project to explore media freedom and pluralism

By Alice Kirkland / 27 May, 2014

(Photo: Anatolii Stepanov / Demotix)
Free speech has always been a concern to the EU, with flaws in the world of press freedom and pluralism in Europe still apparent today. In an attempt to raise awareness to these problems, both on an institutional Continue reading

Rename the street DC Chinese Embassy is located to ‘Liu Xiaobo Street’ urges @NancyPelosi /Rep. Frank Wolf


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What Might Twitter In China Look Like?

In brief comments at Code Conference on Wednesday, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo said that while the company has no immediate plans for entry into China, Continue reading

Rename Chinese embassy’s street in Washington, US lawmakers urge

May 30, 2014, 10:08 am


Rename Chinese embassy s street in Washington, US lawmakers urge

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Washington (AFP) – US lawmakers called Thursday for the street outside Continue reading

U.S. Teacher: I Did 7 Months Of Forced Labor In A Chinese Jail

by FRANK LANGFITT  May 29, 2014 1:30 PM ET

South Carolinian Stuart Foster spent more than seven months in White Cloud District Detention Center in southern China’s Guangdong province. Along with other inmates, Foster spent his days assembling Christmas lights. Continue reading

China detains another activist before Tiananmen anniversary

By AP News May 30, 2014 1:24PM UTC
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities have detained another activist as they try to suppress commemorations of next week’s 25th anniversary of the 1989 crackdown on the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests. Continue reading

Pre-June 4, Beijing security forces hold another shock-and-awe riot quelling spectacle

 

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