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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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Tagged Democracy, Hong Kong, Occupy Central movement, Press Freedom, Zhang Miao
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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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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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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