From Open Democracy: Another shocking news story broke in China in June 2007. It was discovered that in Hongtong county, Shanxi province, people kidnapped from rural areas were being forced to work as slaves in a brick kiln. Horrifying television footage showed them after their chance rescue – they were filthy and emaciated, with their […]
Read MoreFrom Caijing.com.cn: Two richest business men in the city of Nantong in eastern Jiangsu province , faced charges of exaggerating company registered assets, embezzling funds and forging contracts to win credit loans. Chen Baocun and his son Chen Jian, the two richest business men in the city of Nantong located in the eastern part of […]
Read MoreOn OpenDemocracy.net, Li Datong writes that there will be no real “public opinion” about China-Japan relations until there is press freedom: 2007 is a sensitive year in Sino-Japan relations – the seventieth anniversary of the outbreak of the second Sino-Japanese war (or the “war of resistance against Japan”). Long before Chinese premier Wen Jiabao made […]
Read MoreLast week, prominent civil rights defenders Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi were put on trial behind closed doors on charges of subversion. The trials took place on Wednesday and Friday, respectively, in the Linshu County...
Read MoreA slate of independent candidates for Beijing’s district-level People’s Congress have announced that they are suspending their grassroots campaign due to fears for their personal safety in the wake of police threats and...
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Xinhua has announced the death of former premier Li Peng at the age of 91 (age 90 according to the...
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With the 30th anniversary of the June 4, 1989 military crackdown on protesters approaching, many...
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With traditional and online media controls on overdrive and state media issuing a...
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CDT cannot verify any information presented by Guo Wengui. Guo Wengui, an exiled billionaire with...
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In late 2015, veteran journalist Gao Yu was granted a sentence reduction and medical release from...
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