Tag: Bloggers

Woeser Calls for Self-Immolations to End

After repeated occurrences of self-immolation in Tibetan populated areas - the most recent by two women and an 18-year-old man, all laypersons – an article in The Economist asks if the practice is an effective form of protest against Chinese policies: A famous story tells how, in a previous life, the Buddha took pity on a starving tigress, who might otherwise have had to eat her newborn cubs.

March 9, 2012 11:49 PM

Tiger Temple: ‘A Long Ride Toward a New China’

A short film in the New York Times’ OpDoc series looks at blogger Zhang Shihe, also known as Tiger Temple, who ride

May 14, 2013 11:16 PM

Creator of White House Petition Visited by Police

Chinese netizens have recently discovered the public petition system on the White House website, and several petitions cr

May 14, 2013 10:35 AM

Sex Tape Blogger Zhu Ruifeng Thrives as Muckraker

The New York Times’ Andrew Jacobs profiles anti-corruption blogger Zhu Ruifeng, whose publication of a sex tape las

February 5, 2013 2:35 PM

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