Photo of the Day: Where Did I Put It? (Beijing) by Gauthier DELECROIX - 郭天 (CC BY 2.0)
Police Calls Rally Supporting Self-Proclaimed Charity ‘Illegal’
Hundreds of investors gathered in Beijing on Monday to protest the government’s investigation into Shanxinhui–a self-proclaimed charity that has been shut down by authorities for operating a pyramid investment scheme in guise of helping the poor–and the arrest of its founder Zhang Tianming. Police have begun a clearance operation at the protest site and declared the rallies “illegal,” Elson Tong at Hong Kong Free Press reports: Demonstrators
Liu Xiaobo, December 28, 1955-July 13, 2017
The Shenyang Justice Bureau announced on their website that imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo has died from multiple organ failure after being sent to hospital in...
Fear and Self-censorship at the Hong Kong Book Fair...
The 28th annual Hong Kong Book Fair ended in Wan Chai today. The week-long event fell short of its projected number of attendees, due in part to a tropical storm that led to a temporary...
Former Political Star Facing Corruption Probe
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection confirmed on Monday that Sun Zhengcai, the former Party Secretary of Chongqing, is under investigation for serious disciplinary...
Bao Tong: Guo Wengui & ‘Chinese Characteristics’...
Bao Tong, once an aide to former CCP General Secretary Zhao Ziyang, was arrested in Beijing on May 28, 1989, just days before Zhao resigned in protest of Deng Xiaoping’s use...
Badiucao: Wicked Xi and the Poisoned Apple
China has been tightening up internet controls by targeting individuals’ VPN access and expanding its crackdown on the use of foreign social media apps. Meanwhile, Apple...
Speak Out’s Chengdu LGBT Conference Canceled
An event aimed at raising awareness of LGBT issues organized by advocacy group Speak Out (发聲) in Chengdu, Sichuan—China’s unofficial gay capital, also known as “Gaydu,”—has...
Politics
Widow of Nobel Laureate Feared ‘Disappeared’
Human Rights Watch fears that Beijing-based poet and artist Liu Xia, the wife
Economy
China Denies Plan to Block VPNs by February 2018
On Monday, Bloomberg reported that Beijing had instructed state-run telecommunications
Culture & the Arts
Lighting a Candle for Liu Xiaobo
As imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo remains in hospital critically
Sci-Tech
China Users Report WhatsApp Disruption Amid Crackdown
WhatsApp users in China reported widespread service disruptions on Tuesday,
Environment
Can China Be a Global Climate Leader?
Following President Trump’s announcement early this month that he would
Human Rights
Badiucao Launches Global Art for Liu Xiaobo Campaign
On July 12, as Liu Xiaobo was in his final hours of life and Chinese authorities
Information Revolution
Jiang Qisheng: How I See Guo Wengui’s Leaks
Jiang Qisheng is finally paying attention to Guo Wengui. For a while the dissident
The Great Divide
Phrase of the Week: Without Forced Demolition…
The Word of the Week comes from the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary
Hong Kong
Beijing: Hong Kong Handover Treaty Still Binding
Taiwan
Panama Severs Diplomatic Ties With Taiwan
Panama has cut its diplomatic relations with Taiwan to establish ties with
Translation
Meng Lang: Untitled Poem for Liu Xiaobo
Jailed since 2009, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo was moved from prison
China & the World
Troops Head to China’s First Overseas Military Base
Beijing this week began dispatching personnel to the Horn of Africa to populate
