Activist Xu Zhiyong Leaves Prison, But Situation Unclear
Rights lawyer, civil society activist, and New Citizens’ Movement founder Xu Zhiyong left...
by Samuel Wade | Jul 18, 2017
Rights lawyer, civil society activist, and New Citizens’ Movement founder Xu Zhiyong left...
by Josh Rudolph | Jun 22, 2017
CDT is expanding its wiki beyond the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon to include short...
by Samuel Wade | Apr 25, 2017
Rights lawyer Xie Yang, one of the few still awaiting trial after the 2015 “Black Friday” or “709”...
by Samuel Wade | Apr 19, 2016
The question of whether authors should accept censorship in exchange for publication within China...
by Samuel Wade | Oct 22, 2015
Chinese President Xi Jinping makes his first state visit to the United Kingdom this week, with...
by Anne Henochowicz | Aug 6, 2015
The Word of the Week comes from the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by...
by Samuel Wade | Apr 3, 2015
A series of recent posts at the University of Nottingham’s China Policy Institute Blog...
by Josh Rudolph | Jan 6, 2015
After being detained on suspicion of “picking quarrels” in October, scholar Guo...
by Sophie Beach | Oct 12, 2014
Scholar Guo Yushan, who played an instrumental role in helping Chen Guangcheng escape his house...
by Josh Rudolph | Sep 12, 2014
As of September 12, the following search terms were blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the...
by Josh Rudolph | Sep 11, 2014
With the trial of human rights activist Yang Maodong, better known by the pen name Guo Feixiong,...
by Samuel Wade | Sep 2, 2014
South China Morning Post’s Verna Yu profiles Chinese rights lawyer Teng Biao as he moves to...
by Josh Rudolph | Aug 29, 2014
As of August 29, the following search terms were blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search...
by Samuel Wade | Aug 21, 2014
At The Wall Street Journal, Lingling Wei and Bob Davis provide a lengthy overview of China’s...
by Samuel Wade | Jul 18, 2014
AFP reports that prison sentences passed on two New Citizens’ Movement activists in April...
by Josh Rudolph | Jun 24, 2014
As of June 24, the following search terms are blocked on Weibo (not including the “search for...
by Samuel Wade | Jun 18, 2014
New Citizens’ Movement activists Liu Ping and Wei Zhongping were each sentenced to six and a...
by Samuel Wade | Jun 13, 2014
Beijing police formally arrested prominent rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang on Friday, on suspicion of...