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What Might Twitter In China Look Like?

Posted on 05/30/2014 by | What Might Twitter In China Look Like?已关闭评论

In brief comments at Code Conference on Wednesday, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo said that while the company has no immediate plans for entry into China, Continue reading →

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Sensitive Words: Tiananmen, Bo Xilai, More

Posted on 05/28/2014 by | Sensitive Words: Tiananmen, Bo Xilai, More已关闭评论

As of May 22, the following search terms are blocked on Weibo (not including the “search for user” function).

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Image from “the world besieges the fortress” campaign.

Tiananmen: Some keywords related to June 4th are forever Continue reading →

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

Posted on 05/28/2014 by | A Q&A with He Baogang:China’s Experiment with Deliberative Democracy已关闭评论

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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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China White Paper ‘Confused’ Over Meaning of Human Rights

Posted on 05/28/2014 by | 2 comments

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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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Chinese rights experts have hit out at a human rights report by the ruling Chinese Continue reading →

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Engaging China on Human Rights

Posted on 05/28/2014 by | Engaging China on Human Rights已关闭评论

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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Posted in Headlines, Support Liu Xiaobo

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History of the Internet in China

Posted on 05/28/2014 by | History of the Internet in China已关闭评论

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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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Threats to Anonymous Sources Shake Chinese Journalism

Posted on 05/28/2014 by | Threats to Anonymous Sources Shake Chinese Journalism已关闭评论

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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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Tienchi Martin-Liao:Servitude-A common mentality in China and India.

Posted on 05/27/2014 by | Tienchi Martin-Liao:Servitude-A common mentality in China and India.已关闭评论

by Tienchi Martin-Liao / April 1, 2014 /

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Portrait of Chinese author Lu Xun, by Situ Qiao (1928). Photo: Wikimedia Commons.

The great writer Lu Xun (1881-1936) has written many essays about the Chinese national character of nuxing (servitude). In particular, his essays “The True Story of Ah Q,” “Kongyiji,” Continue reading →

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