A Place for the Liu Xiaobo Bust
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As the 30th Anniversary of Tiananmen Massacre Approaches, China Arbitrarily Rounds up Dissidents and Activists
China Change, May 30, 2019 In the evening of May 16, Deng Chuanbing (邓传彬) posted a picture of a “Remember 8964” wine bottle…
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A Place for the Liu Xiaobo Bust
Yaxue Cao, April 16, 2019 In August 1988, two months after receiving his PhD in literature from the Beijing Normal University, Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波) left…
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A Statement by Lawyer Chen Jiangang, Blocked Today From Leaving China to Take Part in the Humphrey Fellowship Program
Chen Jiangang, April 1, 2019 In the summer of 2018, I applied for the “Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program” to study law and human rights.…
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Liu Xiaoyuan and at Least Two Other Fengrui Lawyers Face Imminent Disbarment
China Change, March 31, 2019 Liu Xiaoyuan (刘晓原) stands prominent among China’s human rights lawyers. In 2004, he came to Beijing to practice at the…
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Proposing a Chinese Day of Fast
Citizens Movement in China, June 2, 2019 In the hearts of millions of people, there is a collective memory that has been suppressed for 30…
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Explaining China’s ‘People’s Congress’ Through the Tales of Three: A Hand-raising Automaton, An Independent Candidate, and An Electoral Activist
Teng Biao, March 12, 2019 As the Communist Party held this year’s “Two Sessions” (两会), Beijing activist Hu Jia (胡佳) was kept under control by…
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Four Years on: The Whereabouts of the ‘Feminist Five’ and the Sustainability of Feminist Activism in China
Lü Pin, March 11, 2019 “As far as human rights activism is concerned, the outside world tends to focus on short-term incidents, such as when…
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A Brainwashing War: An Appeal for the Poet-preacher Wang Yi
Liao Yiwu, translated by Michael Martin Day, March 4, 2019 On December 9th, 2018, on the eve of International Human Rights Day, in my hometown…
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I Travel the Earth in Sound — Marking the 10th Year of Being Barred From Leaving China
Ai Xiaoming, March 26, 2019 This is the tenth year since I was barred from leaving the country. I still remember the last time I…
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An Interview With Xu Youyu: ‘The Worst Is Yet to Come’
China Change, October 31, 2018 This is part of China Change’s new interview series that seeks to understand the effort of civil society in bringing…
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Four Years Afar
Xu Zhiyong, September 16, 2018 Xu Zhiyong was released from prison on July 16, 2017, after serving four years for his role in the…
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709 Crackdown Three Years on: ‘The Most Painful Part of It all Was the Squandering of Life’
Xie Yanyi, July 8, 2018 My name is Xie Yanyi. I’ve been a lawyer for 17 years. In 2003 I was the first person to…