By John Sudworth, BBC News, Beijing, 17 November 2016
China’s constitution allows independent candidates to run in local elections but it is a futile exercise for those who dare to get their names on the ballot. Continue reading
By John Sudworth, BBC News, Beijing, 17 November 2016
China’s constitution allows independent candidates to run in local elections but it is a futile exercise for those who dare to get their names on the ballot. Continue reading
China elections: Independent candidates fight for the ballot已关闭评论
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The Independent Chinese PEN Center (ICPC) has honoured two imprisoned writers, HU Shigen and Mahvash SABET (f, Iran) the ICPC’s 2016 Liu Xiaobo Courage to Write Award for their courage and perseverance in writing and fighting for freedom of experission and other basic rights despite the long-term imprisonment. In addition, ICPC have named six writers as new honorary members, including ZHANG Haitao, Shokjang (Tibetan), LU Yuyu, HUANG Wenxun, LI Tingyu (f) and WANG Yuping. Continue reading
ICPC Statement on PEN International Day of Imprisoned Writers–Two Writers Honoured the Liu Xiaobo Courage to Write Award已关闭评论
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In Mexico we feel hurt and shocked to see that so many people in the United States, including Latinos and women, voted for Donald Trump. I am also deeply concerned to see, throughout the world, a growing tendency in politics for propaganda to replace truth.
-Jennifer Clement, President of PEN Internationa Continue reading
Writers on the 2016 US Election: Jennifer Clement已关闭评论
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Trade visitors in Hall 6 at Frankfurt Book Fair Friday (October 21) near the Publishing Perspectives office. Image: Frankfurter Buchmesse, Mark Jacquemin
As Frankfurt Book Fair’s press officers report a slight increase in trade-visitor attendance this year, the German trade gives Carolin Emcke its 2016 peace prize. Continue reading
Porter Anderson: Frankfurt Book Fair Notes: Attendance Figures, Emcke’s Peace Prize已关闭评论
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Yan Lianke. Credit Philippe Picquier
THE EXPLOSION CHRONICLES
By Yan Lianke
Translated by Carlos Rojas
457 pp. Grove Press. $26.
JIAYANG FAN: Yan Lianke’s Novel Assesses the Moral Cost of China’s Growth已关闭评论
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Chinese blogger Lu Yuyu (R) and his girlfriend, Li Tingyu, in undated photo. Not the News.
Chinese rights activists and journalists have welcomed a Press Freedom award handed to two detained bloggers and the Sichuan-based Tianwang rights website, amid fears that two of the recipients may be being mistreated in detention. Continue reading
Chinese Activists Welcome Press Freedom Award to Bloggers, Rights Website已关闭评论
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Tagged 64 Tianwang, France, Li Tingyu, Lu Yuyu, Press Freedom award, RSF
Xi Jinping gives a speech at the Internet conference in Wuzhen, China, Dec. 16, 2015. AFP
China’s draconian new cybersecurity law, passed by the country’s rubber-stamp parliament this week, has sparked concerns that it will be used to further stifle individual freedoms after a crackdown on dissent that has lasted since President Xi Jinping took power. Continue reading
China’s Cybersecurity Law Could be Used to Target Peaceful Activists已关闭评论
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