2015-04-24
Ye Xiaozheng displays a banner saying ‘Protesting for Freedom’ in a photo posted to social media.
Photo courtesy of CHRD
The wife of an online activist detained for subversion in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong after Continue reading
Fears For Safety of Chinese Activist Who Supported Hong Kong’s Democracy Movement已关闭评论
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Tagged Democracy, Hong Kong, Occupy Central movement, Ye Xiaozheng
2015-04-22
Pan-democrat protesters prepare to go on a hunger strike to call for “true” universal suffrage in Hong Kong, March 28, 2014
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Pan-democratic lawmakers in Hong Kong walked out of the city’s legislature on Wednesday Continue reading
Pan-Democrats Protest in Hong Kong Legislature Over Beijing’s Election Plan已关闭评论
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2015-04-09
A
woman distributes newspapers in Hong Kong, Feb. 13, 2014.
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The recent takeover by Beijing’s representative office in Hong Kong of a key publishing house has sparked fears of a widening ideological assault by the ruling Chinese Continue reading
Fears For Hong Kong’s Independent Publishers After China Book Chain Takeover已关闭评论
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The recording artist’s nod to Hong Kong protesters set off a social-media flame war.
BY DAVID WERTIMEFEBRUARY 23,
From China, Love and Hate for Common’s Oscar Speech
After ascending the stage to receive the Oscar for Best Original Song along with popular crooner John Legend, the Chicago-born hip-hop artist known as Common Continue reading
From China, Love and Hate for Common’s Oscar Speech已关闭评论
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Policemen stand in formation as they guard on the bund where people were killed in a stampede incident during a new year’s celebration, in Shanghai, on Jan. 3. Chinese state media and the public criticised the government and police on Friday for failing to prevent the stampede in Shanghai that killed
China harassing and imprisoning Chinese working for foreign news outlets已关闭评论
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Rule that is simultaneously timid, fearful, and harsh: China’s problem is that it cannot free itself of a mind set that values control above all else
Small paper umbrellas, symbols of the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, on display last month. Photograph: Alex Ogle/AFP/Getty Images
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China’s obsession with control is the enemy of sensible policy. If nothing that comes from outside the ranks Continue reading
Editorial：The Guardian view on the continuing protests in Hong Kong已关闭评论
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Police officers clash with protesters outside government headquarters in Hong Kong, Nov. 30, 2014.
Last updated on: December 01, 2014 11:22 AM
BEIJING—Hong Kong’s chief executive warned protesters not to return to the streets after they and police clashed late Sunday and early Monday outside government headquarters. Continue reading
Hong Kong Protesters Warned Not to Return After Clashes Disrupt Government已关闭评论
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By JOYCE LAUNOV. 14, 2014
Art on the Streets
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HONG KONG — Thousands of pastel Post-it notes, marked with messages of support for pro-democracy Continue reading
Art Spawned by Hong Kong Protest; Now to Make It Live On已关闭评论
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