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China’s Confucius Institutes Threaten Global Freedom
BY CHERYL CASATI, Read the original article here. A web of controversial Chinese Communist Party-backed programs called Confucius Institutes (CIs) has been developed and hosted at universities across the United States. Now, however, the CIs’ pretense of promoting Chinese culture and … Continued The post China’s Confucius Institutes Threaten Global Freedom read more →
China Offers Money to Tibetans to Display Portraits of Xi Jinping
Read the original article here. Authorities in northwestern China’s Qinghai province are offering cash payments to impoverished Tibetan families to display portraits of Chinese President Xi Jinping in their homes, in a move aimed at enforcing Tibetan loyalty to Beijing, … Continued The post China Offers Money to Tibetans to read more →
‘Sacred day’: Chinese remember Tiananmen killings by fasting
By Lily Kuo, Read the original article here. Thirty years after crackdown, fasting is gaining traction to mark 4 June amid increasing censorship. For the past 29 years, Chen Wei has marked the anniversary of the bloody 4 June Tiananmen … Continued The post ‘Sacred day’: Chinese remember Tiananmen killings read more →
Thirty Years After Tiananmen: Someone Always Remembers
By Ian Johnson, Read the original article here. How people in China keep the memory of the massacre alive despite the government’s efforts to make them forget. BEIJING — In China, the Tiananmen Square massacre is not taught in any textbook, aired … Continued The post Thirty Years After Tiananmen: Someone Always read more →
Pompeo urges China to release human rights prisoners to mark Tiananmen crackdown
By Lesley Wroughton. Read the original article here. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday called on Beijing to mark the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square uprising this week by releasing all prisoners jailed for fighting … Continued The post Pompeo urges China to release human read more →
World marks 30 years since Tiananmen massacre as China censors all mention
By Ben Westcott, Read the original article here. Hong Kong (CNN): As commemorations for the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre take place worldwide Tuesday, any coverage or discussion of the event will be tightly censored in China. Hundreds of people were killed on … Continued The post World marks 30 years since Tiananmen read more →
After Tiananmen, China Conquers History Itself
Young people question the value of knowledge, a victory for Beijing 30 years after the crackdown on student protests. I was giving a talk about Tiananmen Square’s legacy at an Australian university about two years ago when a young Chinese … Continued The post After Tiananmen, China Conquers History Itself read more →
Hong Kong’s Tiananmen Museum Takes on China’s Censorship Machine
A saboteur poured salty water into the museum’s nine sockets and fuse box during renovations. A few dozen protesters gathered outside when it opened. Critics pestered visitors at the entrance. It hasn’t been easy reopening a museum in Hong Kong … Continued The post Hong Kong’s Tiananmen Museum Takes on read more →
After Tiananmen, the U.S. Protected Chinese Students in America. 30 Years Later, Uighurs Say It’s Time to Do the Same for Them
By MICHAEL ZENNIE, Read the original article here. After the crackdown on student protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square 30 years ago, many Chinese students studying in the U.S. were fearful of returning home as authorities continued to arrest supporters of … Continued The post After Tiananmen, the U.S. Protected Chinese read more →
Reconsider China investments, Tibetan official urges
As the Canadian public’s attitude toward China deteriorates in the fallout from the arrest of Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. CFO Meng Wanzhou, Tibetans want Ottawa to take a tougher stand on human rights when talking trade with the world’s second-largest economy. In its … Continued The post Reconsider China investments, Tibetan official urges read more →
Vice President Mike Pence plans hawkish China speech as trade tensions boil
Vice President Mike Pence is planning a speech around the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The remarks are expected to be a censure of China’s religious freedom and human rights … Continued The post Vice President Mike Pence plans hawkish read more →
Narendra Modi sworn in for second term after election landslide
BBC, 30 May 2019 Read original news here Narendra Modi has been sworn in for a second term as India’s prime minister after his party won a landslide majority in the recent election. Thousands were invited to the ceremony in … Continued The post Narendra Modi sworn in for second read more →
Human Rights Activism in Post-Tiananmen China: A Tale of Brutal Repression and Extraordinary Resilience
In the three decades since the Tiananmen Massacre, the Chinese government’s killing of an untold number of peaceful pro-democracy demonstrators around June 4, 1989, human rights activists in China has made tremendous sacrifices in the pursuit of a more just … Continued The post Human Rights Activism in Post-Tiananmen China: read more →
China detains activists, mutes livestreams ahead of Tiananmen anniversary
By Poornima Weerasekara, For the original article, Click here. Chinese authorities have detained several activists ahead of the politically explosive 30th anniversary of the June 4 crackdown of Tiananmen protests, rights groups said Thursday. Discussions of the 1989 pro-democracy protests … Continued The post China detains activists, mutes livestreams ahead read more →
Rights group urges U.S. to sanction China over Xinjiang camps
Stephanie Nebehay, Read the original article here. GENEVA (Reuters) – The United States, embroiled in a trade war with China, should also impose sanctions on China for detaining an estimated one million Uighurs in its Xinjiang region, where repression has … Continued The post Rights group urges U.S. to sanction read more →