18 February 2016, Hermina Wong
Publishing and bookselling associations based in the US and Europe have penned a joint letter to Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, urging him to take action on the missing Causeway Bay booksellers. Continue reading
18 February 2016, Hermina Wong
Publishing and bookselling associations based in the US and Europe have penned a joint letter to Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, urging him to take action on the missing Causeway Bay booksellers. Continue reading
International publishers urge Chief Executive to take action on missing booksellers已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy, ICPC News, Press Freedom
Tagged bookseller, Causeway Bay Books, Gui Minhai, Hong Kong, Lee Bo, Mighty Current, PEN, publishers
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Birth place Dalian City, Liaoning Province
Resident place Chengdu City, Sichuan Province
Education B.A. in journalism at Liaoning University Continue reading
Birth date 1968-10-12
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Resident place Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province Continue reading
An undated publicity shot shows cast and crew during the making of the Hong Kong independent movie “10 Years.” Jevons Au
As Hong Kong struggles to maintain existing freedoms of expression in the face of growing pressure from Beijing, movie houses in the former British colony have mysteriously dropped an independent film depicting a dystopian future for the semiautonomous city in spite of massive success at the box office. Continue reading
Li Aijie, wife of jailed Xinjiang-based rights activist Zhang Haitao, and the couple’s baby in an undated photo. Photo courtesy of Li Aijie
The wife of jailed rights activist Zhang Haitao, a critic of the ruling Chinese Communist Party’s treatment of the mostly Muslim Uyghur ethnic group, said on Tuesday that she has been left with no income, relying on relatives to feed the couple’s child over Chinese New Year. Continue reading
Wife of Jailed Xinjiang Activist Left With Baby, No Income已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Subversion
Tagged Li Aijie, Xinjiang, Zhang Haitao
Press Release
9 Feburary 2016
The Independent Chinese PEN Center (ICPC) held its 7th Congress of Membership Assembly at a Google group forum on Internet on 22 Janurary – 09 Feburary 2016. Among ICPC’s 318 members, 162 participated in the Congress. According to the agenda adopted by the Congress, five sessions were held. The Congress adopted an amendment to ICPC’s Rules of Procedure of Membership Assembly, approved the work report and financial report submitted by the Board and elected the new Board in accordance with the ICPC’s Charter. Columnist Mrs. Tienchi Martin-Liao, a former president, has been re-elected the new President.
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Demonstrators hold placards showing portraits of Chinese journalist Gao Yu during a protest in support of her outside the China liaison office in Hong Kong, April 17, 2015.
Authorities in the Chinese capital have effectively denied permission to veteran journalist Gao Yu to go to Germany for medical treatment, even though she is being allowed to serve her sentence outside of jail. Continue reading
China Denies Gao Yu Permission to Leave For Germany已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Honorary Directors