Originally published by New York Times (blog) on April 9, 2014 It’s no longer politically correct to use the word “Oriental” in the West. But nowhere has the word “despotism” fallen out of favor. Put the two together and you get the title of a book by the German-American historian (read more…)
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Originally published by CNN on June 13, 2014 Beijing (CNN) — Chinese authorities formally arrested prominent lawyer Pu Zhiqiang on Friday for “picking quarrels and creating a disturbance.” His other alleged crime was “illegally obtaining citizens’ personal information,” Beijing police said on their official microblog, adding that the investigation into Pu (read more…)
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Originally published by The Guardian on April 8, 2014 Two activists from the Chinese civil society organisation New Citizens’ Movement appeared in court on Tuesday in what human rights groups have called a protracted crackdown on freedom of assembly and expression. Ding Jiaxi, 46, a Beijing-based lawyer, stood trial (read more…)
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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on June 12, 2014 Authorities in the Chinese capital have tried a member of the New Citizens’ Movement in secret on fraud charges, his lawyer said, in the latest action against the group campaigning for government transparency. Zhang Xiangzhong stood trial at Beijing’s Haidian (read more…)
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Originally published by Epoch Times on April 7, 2014 On April 6, after 15 days of detention by security forces in the north of China, three human rights lawyers were released, quickly telling the story of what happened to them while in custody: torture, beatings, and verbal abuse, (read more…)
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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on April 4, 2014 Rights lawyer Zhang Junjie was released last Thursday after being detained alongside fellow attorneys Jiang Tianyong, Tang Jitian and Wang Cheng on March 21. Zhang later said he had been severely beaten by a state security police officer named Yu (read more…)
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Originally published by SCMP on June 12, 2014 A human rights group has released a list of over 100 activists, journalists, lawyers, dissidents and other assorted individuals who are thought to have been detained by the government in the wake of the 25th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. (read more…)
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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on April 3, 2014 Thousands of protesters converged on government buildings in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong as protests against a planned petrochemical plant entered a fifth day on Thursday, residents said. Protesters gathered outside the offices of the Maoming municipal government as (read more…)
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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on April 1, 2014 Authorities in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou have suspended a “baby hatch” scheme after it was overwhelmed with infants left by poverty stricken parents looking to leave them anonymously in a safe place. China launched similar drop zones for (read more…)
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Originally published by The Wall Street Journal on June 9, 2014 Zhang Kun, a young Chinese activist profiled by The Wall Street Journal in a June 4thfront-page story, has been criminally detained on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” according to his lawyer. Chen Jiangang said Mr. Zhang was (read more…)
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Originally published by New York Times on November 14, 2013 China has won a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council for three years starting in January 2014, one of 14 countries chosen to join the 47-member council on Tuesday, the United Nations said. It was selected in a “single, secret (read more…)
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Originally published by The Huffington Post on June 10, 2014 It’s easy to think Chinese political art stops at Ai Weiwei, the embattled provocateur who is arguably the art world’s most famous living figure. In fact, a small circle of Chinese artists routinely court danger with their work, not to (read more…)
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