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Chinese Farmers Seize Excavators to Protest Forced Eviction

IT HAS BEEN long established that urbanization makes life better for everyone in today's globalization, but the situation seems to be a little different for China. While most developed countries achieved their urbanization through the gradual migration of their farmers … Continue reading

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Huang Qi Continues Rights Activism Despite Hospitalization

PROMINENT HUMAN RIGHTS activist Huang Qi was hospitalized on Wednesday in China's southwestern province of Sichuan, but is said to continue his human rights work despite the hospitalization.

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Chinese Petitioners Protest Detentions During Biden Visit

FOLLOWING THEIR RELEASE from illegal detention during U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's first visit to China as a White House official, seven Chinese farmers—all women from China's southwestern Sichuan Province—filed a joint complaint with provincial prosecutors earlier this week.

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Before June 4, An Anti-Communist Air Balloon Takes to the Sky

JUST DAYS BEFORE the anniversary of the June 4 Tiananmen massacre, a large air balloon with the slogan “Communist Party Step Down, Power to the People” was spotted in a city in mainland China. Many stopped to watch and discuss, … Continue reading

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