Category: China

(Communist China) Leading Chinese dissident claims freedom of speech worse than before Olympics
— “He Weifang, a celebrated law professor and lead signatory to last year’s Charter 08 petition calling for democratic reforms in China, said the ruling Communist Party was currently engaged in a fresh wave of repressive internet and media censorship.”

(Communist China) Tiananmen dissident arrested in China
— “Zhou Yongjun, a leader of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, has been arrested in China on fraud charges ahead of the 20th anniversary of the bloody suppression of the pro-democracy movement”
— Additional report

(Communist China) East is Red is the siren song of China’s new generation
— “Despite being responsible for the deaths of up to 70 million Chinese, the ‘Great Helmsman’, retains considerable public affection in China as a charismatic leader”

Communist China celebrates itself with national propaganda campaign

Communist China – Religious Rights Abuses Cited

(Communist China) In China, pics fuel call for executions
— “The woman is dragged from a lorry to the execution ground, made to kneel in the snow and then shot in the head.”
— “Wang Shouxin refuses to kneel down but the soldiers force her by kicking her knee”

(China) Tiananmen activist Chai Ling sues makers of film about 1989 protest

China Orders Officials In Hubei To Smoke 4.5 Million Cigarettes A Year Or Face Fines
— “around a million dying from smoking-related diseases every year”

Gao Zhisheng Petition Delivered to State Department

Arrested Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo to receive prestigious award
— “Liu Xiaobo is to receive a prestigious literary award, but he will spend the day in a windowless cell, unaware of the honour”