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Huang Jingao, Communist Party chief of Lianjiang County in Fujian Province, is now under surveillance and has been “rendered ineffective” at his post, after blowing the whistle on corrupt officials: “‘Lianjiang county officials have been told to make a clear break from Huang Jin’gao and march in step with Fuzhou,’ said the source, who spoke […]
Read MoreCaijing magazine reports on the failures of the new land management law to protect farmers’ interests during the commercial development of farmland. Some reports say that 200 million farmers have been displaced as local governments sell farmland for private development. Despite the new legal requirements that farmers be compensated for repossessed land, in practice the […]
Read MoreAuthor Zhang Yihe recently won the Chinese PEN award for her book “The Past is Not like Smoke” (往事并不如烟), which tells the story of her father and other intellectuals who were purged during Mao’s anti-rightist campaign. A Reuters profile is here. Zhang’s acceptance speech is here (in Chinese, with an abstract in English). UPDATE: Thanks […]
Read MoreThe Globe and Mail has published a profile of AIDS doctor and activist Gao Yaojie, whose work is finally being welcomed by authorities after years of harassment: “In a vast country of 1.3 billion people ruled by a powerful Communist dictatorship, how could one old lady possibly make a difference? Meet Dr. Gao Yaojie, 77… […]
Read MoreESWN has posted a number of documents about petitioners who travel to Beijing to air their grievances to the central government. One internal document, cited by Dajiyuan, said 3.1 million people petitioned in the month of September alone. While this number may not be accurate, it is clear that huge numbers of people feel this […]
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