Fugitive Real Estate Mogul Seeks Asylum in Canada
Xinhua published a searing criticism of Canada yesterday for its alleged inaction on the case of...
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Censorship Vault: The Lai Changxing Case
Censorship Vault features previously untranslated censorship instructions from the archives of the...
Censorship Vault: Beijing Internet Instructions Series (17)
In partnership with the China Copyright and Media blog, CDT is adding the “Beijing Internet Instructions” series to the Censorship Vault. These directives were originally published on Canyu.org (Participate) and date from 2005...
New Series: From the Censorship Vault
Editor’s Note: From the Censorship Vault features previously untranslated censorship instructions...
Sensitive Words: Don’t Eat the Yogurt
As of April 23, the following search terms are blocked on Weibo (not including the “search for...
Sensitive Words: Detainees, Activists and Fugitives
As of April 7, the following search terms are blocked on Weibo (not including the “search for...
“China’s Most Wanted Fugitive” Stands Trial
Lai Changxing, a Fujian native, has been pursued by the Chinese government on criminal charges of corruption, smuggling, and bribery for more than a decade. He left the mainland for Hong Kong in 1991, proceeding on to Vancouver...
China Hails Canada Decision to Extradite Fugitive
Last Thursday Canadian courts finally agreed to extradite Lai Changxing, known as China’s “most wanted fugitive” on the assurance that he would not be tortured or executed by the Chinese government. From...
Canada Could Deport China’s Most Wanted Man in Days
Lai Changxing, who fled to Canada to avoid being prosecuted on bribery charges, may be extradited back to China after a Canadian court rejected his asylum claim. From The Star: Lai has been rejected as a refugee in Canada after...
Beijing Slams Canada Over Fugitive’s Visa: Report
From AFP: Beijing has criticised a decision by Canada to grant a work permit to a Chinese citizen charged with smuggling and considered one of the country’s most wanted fugitives, the Beijing News reported Saturday....
The Great Firewall: China’s Misguided ” and Futile ” Attempt to Control What Happens Online – Oliver August
From The Wired Magazine: I didn’t know I was a surveillance target until the day I walked into a hotel in China’s Fujian province. I was pushing past half a dozen workmen changing lightbulbs in the glum but busy lobby when a uniformed man stepped in front of me. Blue jacket, creased trousers, braided epaulets, […]
Smuggler Lai Wins Canadian Court Reprieve – AP
From AP, via China Daily: The Canadian official who approved Lai’s removal order failed to properly consider Lai’s claim that he would be tortured, a Federal Court judge ruled… The slow pace of Lai’s deportation case — which has gone on for seven years — has become a thorn in Chinese-Canadian relations even though Ottawa […]
Chinese fugitive breaks silence on politburo member – Richard McGregor
From Financial Times: China’s most famous fugitive has spoken publicly for the first time about his relationship with a senior member of the Chinese politburo, Jia Qinglin, a controversial figure whose family has long fended off corruption allegations. The fugitive, Lai Changxing, is fighting extradition from exile in Canada where he fled in 1999 after […]
Lai Changxing Writes His Memoirs – ESWN
From the EastSouthWestNorth blog: Lai Changxing is the smuggling kingpin involved in the greatest known corruption case in the history of the People’s Republic of China. He is presently fighting a deportation order in Canada and part of his argument is based upon the fact that Canada does not deport people to countries where they […]
China fugitive loses refugee plea
From BBC NEWS: The Supreme Court in Canada has refused a plea for refugee status by a man described by the Chinese government as its most wanted fugitive. Lai Changxing, who has been fighting to stay in Canada for the past six years, is accused of running a multi-billion dollar smuggling ring in the 1990s. […]
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