Tag: Human Rights

Xu Zhiyong: An Account of My Recent Disappearance

Xu Zhiyong, noted Chinese rights lawyer and legal activist, was detained on June 7th following a recent blog entry calling for a “new civic movement” in China. He was released the next day, and described on his blog how security officers covered his head with a black cloth and took him to a hotel room on the outskirts of Beijing. From Yaxue Cao at Seeing Red in China: Having traveled for about hal

June 20, 2012 11:21 PM

The Chinese State: More Legitimate Than America?

With both China and United States set to decide their top leadership this week, albeit in very different ways, NPR’

November 5, 2012 6:55 PM

An Appreciation of Physicist Fang Lizhi

Physicist Fang Lizhi, who died in April, became most widely known for his year-long refuge in the American embassy in Bei

November 1, 2012 4:02 PM

Netizen Voices: Sign Brother Speaks Truth

“Sign Brother” (举牌哥) was seen at the Xinjiekou stop in the Nanjing subway last week. His makeshift sandwich board reads:

August 20, 2012 8:27 AM

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