China’s planned easing of its controversial one-child policy will allow several million couples, especially in urban areas, to have a second child.
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Originally published by Radio Free Asias on September 18, 2013 Chinese authorities have detained two prominent rights activists who were en route to Geneva ahead of a U.N. review of Beijing’s rights record, and are questioning two more on suspicion of subversion after they campaigned against China’s application to join a U.N. (read more…)
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Originally published by Radio Free Asias on September 10, 2013 Amid a nationwide crackdown on “false” online information, authorities in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong have cut off the Internet service of the brother of blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng after he traveled to Shanghai to meet with other activists. Chen (read more…)
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China celebrates its membership of the UN Human Rights Council. Elsewhere, reactions are mixed.
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Originally published by Businessweek on September 12, 2013 Chinese officials probably don’t care much about irony. The latest example came today in Beijing. At the same time China’s Internet censors are intensifying a crackdown on bloggers and other online activity, delegates convened in the capital for a two-day forum on human rights. The official (read more…)
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Originally published by Radio Free Asias on September 3, 2013 China has failed to uphold the rights of the country’s children, with many left vulnerable to sexual abuse, child labor, and harm through shoddy goods and medicines and poor safety standards, an overseas-based rights group said on Tuesday. “China’s abysmal record in (read more…)
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Originally published by FOX NEWS on August 17, 2013 BEIJING – A Chinese human rights group and a friend say authorities have detained Guo Feixiong, a leader of the country’s loose New Citizens campaign to promote democratic rights. Journalist Xiao Shu said Saturday that a sister of Guo, whose real name is Yang Maodong, (read more…)
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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on August 29, 2013 Authorities in Shanghai have suspended a prominent legal scholar and rights lawyer from his teaching post after he wrote an article promoting constitutional reforms in June, amid what rights groups say is a continuing crackdown on political activists and anti-graft campaigners. Zhang Xuezhong, (read more…)
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Originally published by The Wall Street Journal on June 13, 2014 BEIJING—Chinese police formally arrested a hard-charging rights lawyer on multiple criminal charges on Friday, making him the latest prominent target in a tightening clampdown on dissent. Pu Zhiqiang faces charges of “picking quarrels and provoking troubles,” as well as (read more…)
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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on June 13, 2014 A Beijing college student has written to China’s president calling for the release of her classmate currently under criminal detention for sending out a tweet linked to the 25th anniversary of the military crackdown on student-led protests in Tiananmen Square. (read more…)
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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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