The link below is to a ground-breaking documentary film, produced by Professor Ai Xiaoming, about the protests at Taishi village. UPDATE: For copyright reasons, CDT has removed the link to the video. Please see below for...
Read MoreESWN has translated brief excerpts from letters by two lawyers involved with the Taishi recall campaign (link): The account by lawyer Tang Jingling appeared in the Taiwan weekly magazine The Journalist (April 6-12, 2006, issue #996, p. 64-68). The account ends as follows: “On October 31, I was on vacation and the judiciary department requested […]
Read MoreFrom the South China Morning Post, via Asia Media: A lawyer helping residents of Guangdong’s Taishi village in their struggle to oust their headman was attacked by strangers yesterday after visiting rights activist Yang Maodong, who is believed to be under government surveillance. Tang Jingling said he suffered no physical injury. But Mr Yang, who […]
Read MoreThe ESWN blog has partially translated an interview with activist Guo Feixiong (ÈÉ≠È£õÁÜä) after his release for his involvement in the Taishi elections. The interviewer, journalist Xiaoshu, says: Although the Taishi village incident was serious enough to attract the attention of the world, there was not a lot of casualties and you and the other […]
Read MoreThe following is a translation of a commentary by Liang Jing on Radio Free Asia that appeared on New Century Net. Thanks to David Kelly for supplying the translation: From Taishi village to Dongzhou – a step into danger (by Liang Jing, translated by David Kelly) The events at Taishi village taking place between summer […]
Read MoreFrom BBC: A Chinese activist who was detained for more than three months after helping a village protest has been released without charges. Guo Feixiong was held in September after he assisted farmers in Taishi village in the southern province of Guangdong to try to remove their chief. They accused the leader of embezzling public […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Media: An activist who was badly beaten while trying to help Taishi residents oust a local official for alleged corruption plans to return to the village tomorrow, as scholars resume criticism of the government attack on grass-roots democracy. “I plan to return to Taishi on November 20,” said Lu Banglie, who was beaten […]
Read MoreHundreds of residents of Taishi protesting the corruption of local officials, (photo series), via duowei.com
Read MoreChinese sociologist Li Yinhe has written a commentary entitled “Viewing protection of human rights from the events at Taishi village.” Much of the Internet commentary about Taishi village has been purged from the...
Read MoreFrom ChinaDaily: A spokesman for the Panyu district government, in an interview with www.southcn.com on October 21, revealed a detailed, true story about the Taishi village incident. The following is a digest of the exclusive interview. The spokesman was also interviewed on October 15 on the same matter. The entire process – from the time […]
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