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No. 20 Liu Di: The Devil and the Heat Death

In the silence of the late night, only the computer in front of me was still creaking.

Suddenly I felt something flashing from my side. I turned around and found the Devil beside me. Continue reading

159. LIU DI (released)

Pen name                 Stainless Steel Rat

Sex                               Female

Birth date                1981-10-09

Birth place              Beijing City Continue reading

Victims’ Families Held, Watched Ahead of Tiananmen Anniversary

2014-05-20

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Tiananmen Mothers founding member Ding Zilin in an undated photo.
Photo courtesy of Wikipedia
Chinese authorities have detained or placed under close surveillance the Continue reading

PEN International:China:Renewed crackdown on writers and journalists ahead of 25th anniversary of Tiananmen protests

25th anniversary commemorate

London, 7 May 2014 – Five prominent dissident writers arrested for taking part in events to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the crackdown on the 1989 pro-democracy protests should be released immediately and unconditionally, PEN International said today.

Two of those detained are members of the Independent Chinese PEN Centre (ICPC), an affliate centre of the global organisation of writers. A third member of ICPC is also feared detained separately.

On 3 May 2014 at least 15 people – writers, scholars, activists – gathered at a private residence in Beijing to commemorate the upcoming 25th anniversary of the brutal crackdown on 4th June 1989 pro-democracy protests. An estimated 2,000 unarmed individuals were killed by Chinese troops in Tiananmen Square, Beijing and other Chinese cities.

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