Originally published by Phayul on September 4, 2015 DHARAMSHALA, September 4: A Washington-based human rights watch dog urged the Obama administration to make a meaningful progress on human rights in China and exert ‘some real pressure’ on Chinese President Xi Jinping to end the prevailing rights abuse ahead of Xi’s first (read more…)
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Originally published by News.com.au on September 3, 2015 WANG Yu went about her business knowing full well she was being watched by China. She didn’t expect them to turn on her so quickly. Described as “mild mannered” and “brave” by her supporters, the Chinese government viewed her instead as a thorn in (read more…)
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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on September 3, 2015 As Chinese President Xi Jinping gears up for his first state visit to the United States since assuming the presidency in 2013, calls are growing for U.S. and Chinese officials to make meaningful progress on human rights following a series of harsh crackdowns (read more…)
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Originally published by International Business Times on August 31, 2015 On July 9, Wang Yu, a celebrated human rights lawyer in Beijing with a history of defending religious minorities and political dissidents in China, sent a text message to her friend. Her electricity had been cut off and her phone line was (read more…)
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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on August 12, 2015 A group of Chinese rights lawyers and activists has called on the United States to put pressure on Beijing at this year’s bilateral human rights dialogue in the wake of a nationwide crackdown on the country’s embattled legal profession and a slew (read more…)
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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on August 5, 2015 he ruling Chinese Communist Party looks set to further tighten its grip on the nation’s 650 million netizens with the stationing of specialist police officers in major Internet companies. “We will further deepen and expand our construction of police Internet security stations, setting them up (read more…)
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Originally published by Quartz on August 4, 2015 An annual human rights report issued by the United States is being watered down by US diplomats in the State Department, according to a report by Reuters. Recommendations to downgrade China from the second tier to the third—for countries that fail to meet or make any (read more…)
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Originally published by International Business Times on August 4, 2015 Critics in China accused one of the country’s top songwriters of plagiarism Tuesday because of similarities between one of the Beijing Winter Olympics bid’s theme songs and “Let It Go,” the ubiquitous song from the Disney film “Frozen.” The allegations were (read more…)
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Originally published by The Wall Street Journal on July 31, 2015 Forget snow, mountains and earmuffs: The must-have for a 2022 Winter Olympic bid is a dodgy attitude about human rights. Hurray! That, at least, is how critics see it (without the “hurray”). On Friday the International Olympic Committee will pick (read more…)
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Originally published by Los Angeles Times on July 31, 2015 Beijing will host the 2022 Winter Olympics, the International Olympic Committee announced Friday, making the Chinese capital the first city to host both a Summer and Winter Games. Members of the IOC, meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, announced the decision after (read more…)
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Originally published by International Business Times on July 30, 2015 Regardless of whether the International Olympic Committee selects Beijing or Almaty, Kazakhstan, Friday at the 128th IOC Congress in Malaysia, one thing is certain: A country with a terrible human rights record will host the 2022 Winter Olympics. An event that (read more…)
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Originally published by The Guardian on July 29, 2015 Xinhua, China’s official news agency, this week described its bid, which is widely seen as the favourite, as the “safe choice”. “Beijing is one of the world’s top destinations for tourism and business with world-class hotels and services,” it said in an editorial. (read more…)
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