U.S. Republican Representative Chris Smith of New Jersey speaks to VOA after a U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China hearing in Washington, April 30, 2015. (M. Lipin/VOA)
Michael Lipin
May 09, 2015 6:36 PM
A U.S. lawmaker is encouraging Hong Kong legislators to veto electoral rules proposed by Beijing.
In a recent interview with VOA, New Jersey Republican Representative Chris Smith Continue reading
US Lawmaker Urges Rejection of Proposed Hong Kong Voting Rules已关闭评论
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2015-04-24
Ye Xiaozheng displays a banner saying ‘Protesting for Freedom’ in a photo posted to social media.
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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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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
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woman distributes newspapers in Hong Kong, Feb. 13, 2014.
AFP
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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By CHRIS BUCKLEY and ALAN WONG JANUARY 23, 2015 7:01 AM January 23, 2015 7:01 am
Kevin Lau Chun-to in January 2014, after his dismissal as editor of the Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao.Credit Associated Press
Since the newspaper editor Kevin Lau Chun-to was attacked with a cleaver last year and left bleeding on a Hong Kong street, he has embodied fears that the city’s long Continue reading
Hong Kong Editor, Attacked Last Year, Expresses Hope for Future of News Media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
Monday 1 December 2014 14.44 EST
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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