A plane at Beijing airport. It is not known if Jia Jia boarded his flight to Hong Kong. Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters
A Chinese journalist has reportedly disappeared while attempting to fly from Beijing to Hong Kong, stoking fears he has become the latest victim of a widening Communist party crackdown on dissent. Continue reading
Chinese journalist ‘disappears’ while trying to fly to Hong Kong已关闭评论
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Tagged disappearance, Jia Jia, open letter, resignation, Xi Jinping
Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks with media in a press conference with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani after their meeting at the Saadabad Palace in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Two weeks after China’s President toured state media offices and called for absolute loyalty from the press, a website with links to the government published an explosive letter asking him to resign “for the future of the country and the people.” Continue reading
Chinese website publishes, then pulls, explosive letter calling for President Xi’s resignation已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom, Press Freedom
Tagged Caixin, censorship, Media, open letter, Ren Zhiqiang, resignation, Xi Jinping, Zhou Fang
“The brazen cynicism and lack of courage of the governments of democratic countries have been deeply disheartening – whether they know it or not, they live in the shadow of June 4, their actions and decisions trapped in the dialectic events that day set in motion.” Continue reading
Kong Tsung Gan: June 4th Stands for the World’s Unfinished Business已关闭评论
Posted in History, June 4th Commemoration
Tagged Hong Kong, June 4th, Kong Tsung Gan, Occupy Central, Tiananmen
By MICHAEL FORSYTHE
Zhou Enlai, the first premier of the People’s Republic of China, in 1973. A new book offers a radical reinterpretation of Zhou’s life: He was probably gay. Credit Sovfoto/Universal Images Group, via Getty Images
HONG KONG — He was a towering figure of the 20th century, instrumental in building the Chinese Communist Party from the battlefield to the halls of power. He worked alongside Mao Zedong for decades, and was revered for his rich intellect and even temperament. Continue reading
Book Says Zhou Enlai, Chinese Premier, May Have Been Gay已关闭评论
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Tagged biography, gay, homosexuality, Tsoi Wing-Mui, Zhou Enlai
Chinese writer and Nobel Prize winner Gao Xingjian. Image via Wikimedia Commons.
Tienchi Martin-Liao: “Global Citizen” or “Dissident Writer”?: An Impolite Question to Gao Xingjian已关闭评论
Posted in Culture, Headlines, June 4th Commemoration, Tienchi Martin-Liao
Tagged Dissident Writer, Gao Xingjian, global citizen, Tienchi Martin-Liao
Pen name Mao.2W
Sex Male
Birth date 1967-01-13
Birth place Shizhu County, Chongqing City Continue reading
The defense attorney for jailed rights lawyer Li Heping discovered he was relieved of duty when he visited his client in detention, Feb. 18, 2016. Photo courtesy of an RFA listener.
The relatives and defense lawyers of 19 human rights lawyers currently facing subversion charges have written to China’s parliament, the National People’s Congress (NPC), calling for an independent inquiry into breaches of legal process in the handling of their cases. Continue reading
Chinese Attorneys, Relatives Demand Public Inquiry Into Lawyers’ Detentions已关闭评论
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