A Q&A with He Baogang:China’s Experiment with Deliberative Democracy

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A visitor takes a photo of an exhibit showing the portrait of the late Chinese leader Mao Zedong during the opening of the world’s first museum dedicated to the Tiananmen Square crackdown, Continue reading →

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The Translator’s Greenhouse

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November 12, 2013Lisa Rose Bradford

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Juan Gelman’s prose poems remind his translator of “eating juicy kumquats, tart little explosions of flavor.” Continue reading →

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China White Paper ‘Confused’ Over Meaning of Human Rights

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2014-05-27

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A an activist marking 25 years since the Tiananmen Square protests at an event in Hong Kong on May 18, 2014 flies a kite adorned with the date 6/4 in reference to the June 4, 1989 crackdown on the protests.
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Engaging China on Human Rights

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China is bound to act in its national interest. Upholding human rights is one of those interests.

By Julia Famularo
April 22, 2014

What will it take for the Chinese government to view human rights lawyers and defenders within China not as threats, but rather as well-intentioned citizens who want to help their nation? Continue reading →

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History of the Internet in China

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A popular Chinese rock-and-roll band Hua (“Flower”) records at a studio in Beijing, and making their pieces available online, in this archival photo from June 1998. Continue reading →

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WHAT’S IN A PEN NAME?For John Wray, it’s an escape and a way to be courageous in writing.

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MAY 22, 2014

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Not long after my novel “Lowboy” was published, in March of 2009, I discovered in my Continue reading →

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Threats to Anonymous Sources Shake Chinese Journalism

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The weekly newspaper Southern Weekend (Nanfang Zhoumo) on display at a newsstand in Guangzhou, 2013.
Courts in the capital are mulling over what’s being described Continue reading →

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China hits activists with common-crime charges

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(Ng Han Guan/ Associated Press ) – In this photo taken Wednesday, April 10, 2013, Chinese dissident Hu Jia talks on his phone during a meeting at a restaurant in Beijing, China. In prosecuting the country’s political and social activists, an image-conscious Beijing is shifting its tactics. Continue reading →

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