2015-08-10
Chinese activist Gong Yujian displays a document from his 1994 imprisonment in undated photo.
RFA
A veteran Chinese dissident who served time in labor camp in the wake of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre has defected to Taiwan during a tourist visit to the democratic island.
Gong Yujian, who began a life of political activism after being heavily influenced by the 1989 pro-democracy movement in Beijing, said he had made the decision Continue reading
Veteran Chinese Democracy Activist Seeks Political Asylum in Taiwan已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration, unclassified
Tagged Gong Yujian, June 4th, Political Asylum, Taiwan, Tiananmen
Activists rally outside parliament in support of students occupying the building to protest a trade pact with China in Taipei on March 21, 2014. (AFP/Mandy Cheng)
Political tensions are rising in Continue reading
Taiwan journalists feel pressure as elections approach已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Press Freedom
Tagged Press Freedom, Taiwan
Taiwanese filmmaker Chang Jung-chi Joyu Wang/The Wall Street Journal
Taiwanese filmmaker Chang Jung-chi established himself with his Continue reading
Taiwan Filmmaker Chang Jung-chi on ‘Partners in Crime’已关闭评论
Posted in Culture
Tagged Chang Jung-chi, Filmmaker, Taiwan
April 9, 2014
The Sunflower Movement in Taiwan
The Magic Word “Occupy”
College students outside the ROC Legislative Yuan protest the unilateral passage of the Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement. Photo: tomscy2000
Since September 2011′s Occupy Wall Street demonstrations, Continue reading
