Law

by Josh Rudolph

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Theatrical Activist ‘Butcher’ Wu Gan Tried for Subversion

Activist Wu Gan, also known as Super Vulgar Butcher, stood trial for subversion in Tianjin on Monday. Wu was detained and pilloried in state media in May 2015 in a precursor to that July’s "Black Friday" or "709" crackdown on rights lawyers and activists, including many from the Beijing Fengrui law firm where he worked. Though detained before most, he is among the last of those prosecuted to be tried. From Philip Wen and Christian Shepherd at Reuters: ...

August 16, 2017 12:27 AM

Word of the Week: Summit

The Word of the Week comes from the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by Chinese netizens and encountered in online ...

August 18, 2017 1:50 PM

The Lonely Struggle of Lee Ching-yu

At The New York Review of Books, Richard Bernstein focuses on Lee Ching-yu, whose husband, Taiwanese activist Lee Ming-che, disappeared while ...

August 18, 2017 10:58 AM

Death at Web Addiction Center Reflects Troubling Trend

China’s population of internet users broke 700 million this year, and government reports have estimated that over 20 million of those users ...

August 15, 2017 2:35 PM

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