Tag Archives: Tienchi Martin-Liao

Tienchi Martin-Liao: Who’s Afraid of the Revolution?

May 22, 2013

The paradox of fear and stability in today’s China.

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May 8 at the Jingwen Wholesale business center. Continue reading

Tienchi Martin-Liao:“Keep Your Mouth Shut and Meet No Reporters”: PEN and Chinese Authority

June 5, 2013

It’s impossible for the Independent Chinese PEN Center to meet in China, but they still hold an annual conference and award ceremony in Hong Kong.

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Tienchi Martin-Liao:Chinese Pathetique: Get a Room With Me, Leave the Kids Alone!

June 19, 2013

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A protester whose sign reads: Continue reading

Tienchi Martin-Liao:A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Nightmare

July 31, 2013

While the rule of law is far from perfect in Russia, in China it remains a foreign concept.

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Human rights lawyer Xu Zhiyong and Continue reading

Tienchi Martin-Liao: Xi Jinping Wants Journalists to Learn from Marx

September 11, 2013

China’s president calls for a return to “Marxism,” but what does that mean exactly?

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Statue of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in Shanghai, China. Photo via wikimedia, Creative Commons.

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Tienchi Martin-Liao:Remembrance is Not Only a Right; It’s a Duty

by Tienchi Martin-Liao / June 25, 2014 

Between Germany and Beijing: Tiananmen Square’s increasingly complex politics.


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Zhu Xinxin poses outside of Tiananmen Square shortly before the white flower pinned to his shirt was confiscated by police. Photo: Courtesy of Tienchi Martin-Liao via Boxun.com.

The vigil held in Hong Kong on June 4 for the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre Continue reading

Tienchi Martin-Liao:Rice-Delivery-Party-A philanthropic e-commerce project provides financial aid to the families of Chinese political prisoners

 

by Tienchi Martin-Liao / November 6, 2013

 


Ye Fu and Friends

Head of the Rice Delivery Party, Ye Fu, and friends. Photo courtesy of Tienchi Martin-Liao.
It’s a common name, Butcher’s Shop, and it has become a popular page on taobao.com, Continue reading

Tienchi Martin-Liao:A Mud Battle Fought in A Quagmire-Censorship and corruption in Chinese journalism

by Tienchi Martin-Liao / November 20, 2013


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Express reporter Chen Yongzhu. Photo courtesy of Tienchi Martin-Liao via news.163.com.

Over the last 18 months Chen Yongzhou, Continue reading