… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… after tanks rolled onto Beijing’s streets. The Chinese military’s crackdown … the streets of Beijing, and Chinese troops shot thousands of Chinese people, killing … in China, organized, became a key figure for what we call Charter ’08 …

… around the world. In China, despite government propaganda that … pointing to the fact that Chinese authorities would never allow dissidents … was able to muster was Charter 08, a pro-democracy manifesto … on a bridge in central Beijing, calling for an end …

… refuge, after three Chinese nationals claiming asylum in … to board a Beijing-bound flight that … Charter 08 originally hailing from Chinese Mongolia, said the three feared persecution by China … asylum seekers differed from Chinese dissident Chen Siming (陳思明), …