RFA Mandarin service broadcast an essay by Bao Tong on Friday about the new property law, and has now posted a translation on RFA Unplugged: The Property Law of the People’s Republic of China was passed by a majority of 97% in the National People’s Congress. What does this mean? It means the final bankruptcy […]
Read MoreRFA Unplugged, the RFA blog, has translated most of an essay by Bao Tong about the loosening of regulations for foreign media, and press freedom in China: The first time I was interviewed, the journalist asked me directly what I thought of the new rules. My answer was definite. I said, ‘This is a step […]
Read MoreFrom Radio Free Asia’s mandarin service, translated by CDT: Bao Tong gave his first government-approved interview to Reuters, marking a major breakthrough in press freedom that is part of a relaxation of restrictions on foreign journalists in China that started January 1, thanks largely to the upcoming Beijing Olympics. Human Rights in China president Liu […]
Read MoreBao Tong, Zhao Ziyang’s aide during the 1989 democracy movement, has written an essay titled, “Remembering Zhao Ziyang”: For genuine and long-term stability, Zhao proposed reforms that ultimately aimed at the legalization and systemization of democracy. He wished to establish the kind of democratic politics that could support and nurture a healthy market economy. Although […]
Read MoreFrom BBC NEWS: “Zhao’s secretary Bao Tong led the calls, backed by other pro-democracy activists and Taiwan. Japan urged China to move towards democratisation.” Bao Tong wrote “In all the years that have passed since then, the Chinese leaders are responsible not only for Zhao Ziyang’s unlawful house arrest but also for a systematic effort […]
Read More(This article is translated by FBIS. ) The mouthpiece of the party tells the whole world: Now is the time “when China’s human rights condition is at its best…” This is a blessing for the Chinese people. I wish this were true. I hope all my compatriots have human rights: the right to know light […]
Read MoreToys riffing on China’s hottest online idiom, “calling a rat a duck,” were yanked from online shelves this past week, a sign of the idiom’s continued political sensitivity. The tongue-in-cheek saying “calling a rat a duck”...
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Following his trial on December 14, rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang was given a three-year suspended...
Read MoreThe death of Chen Xitong, the former mayor of Beijing who presided over the 1989 June 4th crackdown and was later jailed for corruption, prompted no official condolences and little public mourning. Chen’s funeral this week...
Read MoreFormer Beijing Mayor Chen Xitong, who was in office during the 1989 protests and was later jailed for corruption, has called the June 4 military crackdown on the Beijing protests a “tragedy,” according to a new book...
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