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
CreditNicolas Asfouri/Getty Images — Agence France-Presse
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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By China Change, published: November 12, 2014
XU DONG’S TWITTER PAGE.
A 31-year-old Chinese IT professional named Xu Dong (许东, @onionhacker) was detained on November 4th by Beijing police for “picking quarrels and creating disturbances,” according to tweeted posted by Chinese activist Wu Gan (吴淦), better known by his online ID “Butcher” (屠夫). Continue reading
Young IT Professional Detained for Developing Software to Scale GFW of China已关闭评论
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Tagged censorship, China, Democracy, Hong Kong, Internet Freedom, Occupy Central movement, Xu Dong
PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 11 November, 2014, 9:59pm
UPDATED : Wednesday, 12 November, 2014, 11:06am
Tony Cheung, Joyce Ng and Jeffie Lam
Benny Tai with Tonya as a little girl. Photo: SCMP Pictures
The daughter of Occupy Central co-founder Benny Continue reading
Benny Tai’s daughter writes of ‘unbearable pain’ seeing her father’s ‘white hair, coarse voice’已关闭评论
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By Zeng Jinyan, published: October 30, 2014
“Watching his friends, who happen to be the hope of a better China, going to prison one after another, is more than personal shame. It is the shame of our time.”
Kou Yanding was taken away by police in Beijing on October 10th for “picking quarrels and provoking disturbances.” The day before on October 9th, Guo Yushan was criminally detained on the same charge. Continue reading
Friends Gone to Jail – Chinese Activists Kou Yanding and Guo Yushan已关闭评论
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Young turn to social media as newspapers and TV stations owned by local tycoons take care not to offend mainland China
Students in Hong Kong
Students demonstrate in Hong Kong, where protests are now in their second month. Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images Continue reading
Hong Kong protests bring crisis of confidence for traditional media已关闭评论
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theguardian.com, Thursday 16 October 2014 04.37 EDT
Corporation condemns ‘deliberate censorship’ as Chinese official claims foreign media are not reporting protests objectively
China has blocked the BBC website as protests in Hong Kong continue. Photograph: Alexander Koerner/Getty Images Continue reading
China blocks BBC website as Hong Kong tensions rise已关闭评论
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BY SUI-LEE WEE AND MEGHA RAJAGOPALAN
BEIJING Mon Oct 13, 2014 5:36am EDT
Oct 13 (Reuters) – China has detained a prominent scholar who helped blind dissident Chen Guangcheng flee to the United States two years ago and has banned books by eight writers in an escalating crackdown on dissent. Continue reading
China detains scholar, bans books in crackdown on moderate voices已关闭评论
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Tagged Bans Books, Democracy, Guo Yushan, Hong Kong, Occupy Central movement
