Person of the Week: Xiao Shu
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by Josh Rudolph | Jun 22, 2017
CDT is expanding its wiki beyond the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon to include short...
by Josh Rudolph | Jan 29, 2015
Guangzhou-based Southern Weekly was once considered one of the most influential media outlets in...
by Josh Rudolph | Jan 9, 2015
Human rights lawyer and activist Guo Feixiong (the pen name of Yang Maodong) was arrested in late...
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 | Jul 22, 2014
The New York Times’ Kiki Zhao reports the sudden firing of journalist Song Zhibiao over...
by Samuel Wade | May 7, 2014
Following the detention of prominent rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang on Tuesday after a seminar last...
by Samuel Wade | Apr 11, 2014
A week of legal proceedings against the New Citizens’ Movement rights and anti-corruption...
by Samuel Wade | Jan 15, 2014
Following reports that civil society activist and New Citizens’ Movement founder Xu Zhiyong...
by Samuel Wade | Dec 17, 2013
South China Morning Post’s Patrick Boehler reports that Guangzhou activist Liu Yuandong has...
by Samuel Wade | Sep 14, 2013
South China Morning Post’s Amy Li reports online protest against the detention of...
by Samuel Wade | Sep 13, 2013
Police detained billionaire venture capitalist and outspoken civil society advocate Wang Gongquan...
by Josh Rudolph | Aug 21, 2013
The tightening grip of China’s new leadership was further put on display by the recent...
by Natalie Ornell | Aug 4, 2013
Veteran journalist Chen Min, better known by his pen name Xiao Shu, has posted a six point personal statement following his release from detention for vocal support of activist Xu Zhiyong. David Bandurski translated the...
by Josh Rudolph | Aug 2, 2013
The South China Morning Post reports that writer and veteran journalist Chen Min (pen name Xiao Shu) was detained on Friday amid a campaign for the release of detained lawyer and fellow New Citizens’ Movement activist Xu...
by Samuel Wade | Jan 8, 2013
The heavy-handed rewriting of the Southern Weekly newspaper’s traditional New Year greeting has triggered a staff strike, a barrage of letters and petitions, and an upwelling of popular support both on- and offline. In the...
by Samuel Wade | Oct 24, 2011
The New York Times’ Andrew Jacobs reports on the gathering momentum of efforts to visit civil rights activist Chen Guangcheng and his family, who have been held under house arrest since Chen’s release from prison in...
by Liu Yong | Jul 22, 2008
Xiao Shu (笑蜀) is a commentator in Southern Weekend. From Asia Sentinel, translated by Alice Poon: “As Chinese netizens celebrate their tenth anniversary, my personal political commentary career is also in its tenth year. I come...
by Sophie Beach | Dec 22, 2004
The Guardian reports on the recent arrest of Chen Min, aka Xiao Shu, editor of China Reform magazine, who arrested this week. He has been released, according to Boxun news and AFP: “‘I am back in the office,’...
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