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CNN profiles Wu Youjian, who has become a spokesperson for parents of gays in China after her own son came out as a teenager: Wu now devotes her time and energy to speaking up for gay acceptance by family and society. Her small...
Read MoreBecause his family members are under tight surveillance, no-one is available to collect Liu Xiaobo’s Nobel Peace Prize at the ceremony in Norway. As a result, the ceremony may be canceled all together. And even it is held,...
Read MoreAndrew Leonard of Salon visited Beijing and, in one of the rare moments that he wasn’t stuck in traffic, he asked a Chinese diplomat about his country’s green energy policies: So in between nibbles of pig ears and...
Read MoreThe New York Times looks at the hit-and-run accident in which a girl from the countryside was killed in a hit-and-run accident. When the drunk driver of the car that hit her was stopped by security, he declared, “My father...
Read MoreThe New York Times reports on the trial of artist Wu Yuren yesterday in Beijing: The defendant, Wu Yuren, 39, is accused of assaulting a group of police officers at a Beijing police station last May. He had gone to the station...
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