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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Would-be independent candidates in forthcoming elections to district-level legislative bodies around China have expressed concern over the safety of constitutional scholar and former People’s Congress deputy Yao Lifa, who has been incommunicado since last week. Continue reading
Fears Grow For Chinese Election Hopeful, Missing, Believed Detained已关闭评论
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Tagged deputy, election, independent candidate, People's Congress
A woman uses her smartphone near a booth promoting cloud services during the Global Mobile Internet Conference in Beijing, China.
BEIJING — China’s legislature approved a cybersecurity law on Monday that human rights activists warn will tighten political controls and foreign companies say might hamper access to Chinese technology markets. Continue reading
China Approves Law to Tighten Control on Internet Use已关闭评论
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The 2016 Reporters Without Borders (RSF) – TV5 Monde Press Freedom Prize will be awarded to Syrian reporter Hadi Abdullah, the Chinese news website 64Tianwang, and Chinese citizen journalists Lu Yuyu and Li Tingyu at a ceremony in Strasbourg tomorrow evening (8 November). Continue reading
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PEN International Letter to ICPC President Tienchi Martin-Liao已关闭评论
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November 4, 2016
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
NEW YORK – PEN America is disturbed that after more than a month in detention, blogger Liu Yanli, a member of the Independent Chinese PEN Center, has been formally charged with defamation for a few short social media messages posted to a closed group of online friends.
Blogger and Activist Liu Yanli Charged with Defamation in China已关闭评论
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Kwon Pyong is shown wearing T-shirt criticizing Chinese president Xi Jinping, Sept. 30, 2016. Photo courtesy of Kwon Pyong’s Twitter account
Chinese authorities have secretly detained a graduate of a U.S. university who supported human rights and pro-democracy campaigns after he told friends he would wear a T-shirt merging the name of President Xi Jinping with Hitler’s. Continue reading
China Detains Jilin Activist For Wearing Anti-Xi Jinping T-Shirt已关闭评论
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Party Members by Arthur Meursault is an intense, ugly, gruesome work of fiction that will leave most feeling nauseous. It’s also a page-turner that is kind of essential reading for China observers. Reader discretion is advised, be aware that this one may offend many if not all… Continue reading
Ray Hecht: Party Members: a gruesome China book review已关闭评论
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