From Boxun, translated by CDT: Hu Jia (ËÉ°‰Ω≥), an AIDS activist, reported that Gao Yaojie arrived in Beijing yesterday (Feb. 22) afternoon. Hu and his wife Zeng Jinyan picked her up at the airport. Last night, Professor Gao met with Shu Haiyun, secretary of the Politics Department of the German Embassy. When Gao was confined […]
Read MoreFrom AP via the News Tribune: A jailed editor of a Chinese newspaper known for its aggressive reporting has had his eight-year prison sentence reduced by one year, a Hong Kong newspaper said Thursday. The news about Southern Metropolitan Daily‘s Yu Huafeng came just weeks after his colleague, Li Minying, was released from prison three […]
Read MoreFrom The Washington Post: Sun Jiting spends his days locked behind metal bars in this military-run installation, put there by his parents. The 17-year-old high school student is not allowed to communicate with friends back home, and his only companions are psychologists, nurses and other patients. Each morning at 6:30, he is jolted awake by […]
Read MoreFrom BBC News: China’s recent missile test has raised fears about the country’s growing military capabilities. The US and other nations all voiced their concerns about an arms race in space. There were also complaints from neighbours like Japan and Taiwan who worry about China’s military power. So why the fuss?After all, the technology that […]
Read MoreFrom Financial Times: The idea of soft power – invented by Joseph Nye, a Harvard professor – is that countries can often best achieve their objectives by persuasion rather than force. While the instruments of “hard” power are military and economic, the instruments of soft power are cultural and ideological. Now the Chinese themselves are […]
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