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The BBC is reporting that local residents outside the Kirti Monastery in Sichuan are engaged in a stand-off with security forces. There have been reports of a crackdown in the region after a monk at the monastery committed...
Read MoreDetails are beginning to emerge about the specific charges the Chinese government is planning to file against artist Ai Weiwei, who has been held in incommunicado detention since April 3. From the New York Times: Ai Weiwei, the...
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Read MoreThe top leaders of India and China have agreed to set up a consultation mechanism to work toward resolving border disputes, to resume defense talks, and to improve trade relations, Reuters reports: India and China suspended...
Read MoreIn Dissent Magazinem, Colin Jones, contributing producer for the upcoming documentary Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, writes about the detention of Ai Weiwei and the crackdown on dissent now underway in China. He also provides...
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