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Category Archives: China
Chinese Party Marks Nine Decades
BEIJING—Eager to bolster its legitimacy in the eyes of an increasingly restive and Internet-savvy society, China’s Communist Party is marking its 90th anniversary Friday with a no-holds-barred campaign to reassert its airbrushed version of modern history. For a Chinese leadership spooked by uprisings in the Arab world, the campaign is designed to hammer home the [...]
‘I’m out. I’m fine,’ artist Ai Weiwei says after he’s freed on bail in China
latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-china-artist-20110623,0,4814130.story Acerbic, dissident artist Ai Weiwei languished for more than two months in prison without charges before being abruptly released by Chinese authorities. The government, which may now pursue a civil case against Ai, cites his ‘good attitude,’ while others say international pressure played a role. By Barbara Demick, Los Angeles Times 11:52 AM PDT, [...]
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Thousands Rally in Hong Kong for Human Rights
By ISABELLA STEGER in Hong Kong and PAUL MOZUR in Taiwan Huge crowds in Hong Kong turned out to commemorate the Tiananmen Square crackdown of June 4, 1989, amid concerns that the human rights situation in China has taken a turn for the worse in the past year.
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China row over Forbidden City ‘club for the rich’
By Michael Bristow BBC News, Beijing Chinese officials have denied the Beijing palace that was once home to China’s emperors is being used as a club for the rich.