Epoch Times China news- As China Security Czar Loses Power, Communist Party Newspaper Touts ‘Political Reform’ May 16, 2012
- Chinese Activist Chen Guangcheng Condemns Abuse of His Family May 16, 2012
- Easier Registration For Social Organizations Might Pave Way for China’s Political Reform May 15, 2012
- Hero Showed How to Bust Through Propaganda in China May 15, 2012
- Petition From 300 Chinese Villagers Circulated in Politburo May 15, 2012
Tag Archives: human rights
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
Lai Changxing Interrogated in Secret Location: Report
ALTHOUGH THE RECENTLY deported Chinese fugitive Lai Changxing hasn't been tortured or executed by the Chinese regime—at least not that we know of—Lai's first month in China certainly hasn't been easy. Without the usual restrictions put on media outlets in … Continue reading
Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Detained, Private Schools Demolished
(Photo 1: Xu Zhiyong in 2009 prior to arrest. Greg Baker/AP) “Does he know what he will face?” A netizen wrote of Xu Zhiyong, a prominent Chinese human rights lawyer, in 2007. He won’t have money. He won’t have a … Continue reading
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Weekend Insight: Mainlanders Explore Democracy in Taiwan, Protest Erupts Over Chemical Plant, 50 Million Farmers Have Lost Land
WEEKEND INSIGHT IS an Eye on China feature that aggregates the best of The Epoch Times' coverage on all that pertains to China. BUREAUCRACY Though Yo Fin Chou and his wife are originally from China, the regime’s draconian house registration system and … Continue reading
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Tagged high speed rail, human rights, journalism, media, protest, taiwan, xinjiang
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Xinjiang Needs Rights, Not Money
A STRING OF recent violence in Xinjiang has the autonomous region tense and security forces and government entities on edge. Who or what is to blame? While some consider poverty in the distant western region to be the root cause … Continue reading
Amnesty International: Human Rights Lawyers Suppressed in China
CHINESE PARENTS OFTEN encourage their children to become lawyers when they grow up, perceiving it as a a stable and well-paid profession. Probably next time someone should correct them: That's only the case outside of China. Fearing that a "Jasmine … Continue reading
Wen Cannot Hear Human Rights
AT THE LAST stop of his Europe trip, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao was all good when he and German Chancellor Angela Merkel talked about trade, science, technology, and Germany's business interests in China. But just as Merkel began to address … Continue reading
Gao Zhisheng’s Tortures; New Testimony Released
The Associated Press published a 1,500 word piece on Gao Zhisheng today, recounting his plight to date and outlining some of the most recent torture he was put through. There was not much detail on that–he said it was worse than … Continue reading