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Translations: China’s Rights Lawyers on the Tenth Anniversary of the “Black Friday” 709 Crackdown
11 Jul 2025 04:28 GMT
… many in China, particularly young people, are unfamiliar with what Chinese civil … Movement, the New Citizens Movement, Charter 08, and so much more. It … , associate China director at Human Rights Watch, who notes that “Chinese human …
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Xi vs. Xu: Two Visions for China’s Future
14 Nov 2024 09:11 GMT
… from his position at Beijing University of Posts and … for political liberalization known as Charter 08, but Xu and rights … activists gave speeches in Beijing’s Central Business District and … what kind of China is better for the Chinese people, better …
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Exiled Chinese in Japan encounter the long arm of Beijing
15 Oct 2024 11:03 GMT
… in China.
These tactics are regularly used against Chinese nationals … "harassed" by Beijing.
The report said the … author Liu Xiaobo in Beijing and subsequently translated several … involvement in the "Charter 08" manifesto on human …
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The curious case of China's disappearing intellectuals
07 Oct 2024 17:23 GMT
… several intellectuals.
Recently, a prominent Chinese economist, Zhu Hengpeng, aged 55 … manifesto "Charter 08," which called for democratic reforms in China. In … of 'China's War Clouds: The Great Chinese Checkmate'.]
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Tribute to legacy of Chinese human rights campaigner
13 Sep 2024 07:50 GMT
… the Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing in 1989 and paid … “From the Tiananmen protests to Charter 08 and ultimately to his martyrdom … spoke of how “the Chinese Communist Party has tried to … Rights (ISHR) and Humanitarian China.
Wednesday’s event also included …
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China’s Iconoclast
12 Sep 2024 17:51 GMT
… chronicler of dissent in China, and a Chinese colleague who writes anonymously … ideas were influenced by the Beijing writer Cui Weiping’s translations … to publish their statement, named Charter 08 in homage to Charter 77 …
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U.S. scholar Perry Link talks about self-censorship in China
12 Sep 2024 15:23 GMT
… professor of comparative Literature and Chinese at UC Riverside. He helped … Fang Lizhi (方勵之), a Chinese democrat and dissident, leave China after the Tiananmen … translated Charter 08, a citizens' manifesto calling for constitutional democracy in China …
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Chinese Nobel Peace laureate Liu's widow plans extended stay in Japan
11 Jul 2024 13:07 GMT
… the widow of the late Chinese Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu … Xiaobo, an outspoken critic of China's Communist Party … for his involvement in drafting Charter 08, a manifesto calling for an … departure from China was allowed a day after then Chinese Premier …
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Navigating China's Social History of Critics Under State Control
26 Jun 2024 03:58 GMT
… civic aspirations of some Chinese people have to navigate … resurgent nationalism. The 2008 Beijing Olympics crystallized this new … in recent years, the Chinese government has tightened its … in China. The same year, Liu Xiaobo released Charter 08, calling …
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Memories of a Massacre: Recollections of June Fourth Beyond Beijing
06 Jun 2024 05:03 GMT
… the Tiananmen Massacre within China, memories of June Fourth … revolutionary turmoil broke out in Beijing.” A monotonous, high- … country’s greatest taboo. [Chinese]
The Substack blog WOMEN我们 … connected “Charter 77” to “Charter 08,” and Havel to Liu Xiaobo …