China Media Project has translated the remarks by Liu Dahong at the funeral of his father, pioneering Chinese journalist Liu Binyan. The elder Liu was expelled from the Communist Party in 1987 and lived out his life in exile in...
Read MoreCivil rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang has an op-ed in the Age (taken from an interview with the paper’s John Garnaut) about the Nobel Peace Prize being awarded Friday to his friend Liu Xiaobo: When people ask me about the...
Read MoreAs readers delve deeper into the Wikileaks cables, more secrets are being revealed about the inner workings of global diplomacy. In particular, the New York Times looks at conversations between U.S. and Chinese diplomats about...
Read MoreRecently, prominent human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang had a verbal exchange with Dong Yansheng, deputy director of Fengtai Section of Domestic Security Department of Beijing Public Security Bureau, when Pu was detained following...
Read MoreEvan Osnos of the New Yorker writes that Chinese government-backed media outlets have promoted a new “official portrait” of Liu Xiaobo. An excerpt of this new portrait, from China Daily: Liu has always proclaimed...
Read MoreThe following is a collection of jokes and humorous comments about Liu Xiaobo’s Nobel Peace Prize that have been collected online here. Translated by CDT: Hu Jintao: Has Liu Xiaobo confessed yet? Prosecutors: He’s...
Read MoreBeijing-based analyst and professor Russell Leigh Moses writes for the Wall Street Journal about the annual plenum of the Central Committee: Economic policy centered on the five-year plan is supposed to be the main topic, along...
Read MoreChina Media Project partially translates a, “lengthy, passionate and strongly-worded discussion of China’s history, current leadership and political reform” by investigative reporter Zhai Minglei. The essay has...
Read MoreDespite reports that the oil spill has been cleaned and is under control, one U.S. expert suggests the toll was much larger and more damaging. From the Associated Press: China’s worst known oil spill is dozens of times...
Read MoreA new Human Rights Watch report criticizes the Chinese government’s response to the 2008 Tibet riots. From the New York Times: The report, released on Wednesday night, said security officers, mostly ethnic Han members of...
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