Tag: Democracy

China’s Internet: A Giant Cage

This week’s edition of The Economist features an epic special report by Gady Epstein on social, political, commercial, technical and international aspects of China’s Internet. From his introduction: THIRTEEN YEARS AGO Bill Clinton, then America’s president, said that trying to control the internet in China would be like trying to “nail Jell-O to the wall”. At the time he seemed to be st

April 4, 2013 8:16 PM

Xu Zhiyong: On the New Citizens’ Movement

Rights defense lawyer Xu Zhiyong has continued his advocacy despite years of setbacks. The Open Constitution Initiative,

May 13, 2013 12:54 PM

Was Fang Lizhi a “Black Hand” in 1989?

Fang Lizhi, the prominent astrophysicist who was sheltered by the US embassy and then fled China after the 1989 pro-democ

May 7, 2013 11:07 PM

U.S. Gun Violence Blasted in Rights Report Duel

Sunday saw the publication of China’s Human Rights Record of the United States in 2012, its now traditional retort

April 24, 2013 1:53 AM

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