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From the Washington Post: The wife of a blind legal activist was detained by police for eight hours Tuesday, then dragged out of a police minivan and dropped on the ground at the entrance to her home village, sobbing uncontrollably, lawyers and a relative said. Yuan Weijing was held a day after her husband was […]
Read MoreFrom the International Herald Tribune: In recent weeks, the Chinese government has demonstrated its hostility toward the emergence of a credible source of reference material that escapes its control by frequently blocking access to Wikipedia, whose Chinese version, though still far smaller than its English-language counterpart, is growing by leaps and bounds. But on sensitive […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: President Bush discussed the conflict in Darfur, Sudan with his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao during a telephone call, China’s Xinhua news agency said, citing the Chinese Foreign Ministry. The two leaders also discussed Sino-U.S. relations in the conversation on Monday and “other issues of common concern,” the official agency said. The talks were […]
Read MoreThe New York Times reports on the retrial of activist Chen Guangcheng: A Chinese legal expert who exposed abuses in the country’s population control policies got a rare second trial today, but his lawyers accused local authorities of preventing them from mounting a vigorous defense. The legal expert, Chen Guangcheng, was sentenced in August to […]
Read MoreFrom Danwei and ESWN, translations of Chinese blogger’ reactions to Thomas Friedman’s recent visit to China: New York Times rock star columnist Thomas Friedman has just concluded a speaking tour of China to promote the Chinese language edition of his book. It seems that Chinese journalists and media people are getting a little tired of […]
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