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  • Month: May 2017

  • Jailed Chinese lawyer force-fed medication, wife says

    Posted by joannachiu on May 24, 2017

    Beijing (AFP) – When human rights lawyer Li Heping returned to his home in Beijing after a two-year incarceration, his wife did not recognise the frail white-haired man standing in her hallway. “He is only …

    China
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  • China scrambles to tame bike chaos

    Posted by joannachiu on May 23, 2017May 29, 2017

    Beijing (AFP) – A booming rental bike business has flooded China’s streets with packs of cyclists, but their habit of going the wrong way and abandoning their rides anywhere is causing havoc. The authorities, scrambling …

    China
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  • China says no mining planned in Antarctica but hints at “peaceful development”

    Posted by joannachiu on May 23, 2017May 23, 2017

    Beijing (AFP) – China sought to dispel concerns about its ambitions in mineral-rich Antarctica on Monday, with an official saying Beijing has no plans to start mining in the vast continent. China’s expanding activities in …

    China, World
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  • China tells the world bedtime stories in propaganda drive

    Posted by joannachiu on May 13, 2017

    Beijing (AFP) – A video of an American father telling his daughter bedtime stories about the Chinese president’s signature project. A music clip with children singing about sharing “the goodness.” A cartoon of a whisky …

    China, World
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  • China lawyer’s wife seeks US asylum after brazen escape

    Posted by joannachiu on May 10, 2017

    Beijing (AFP) – Chen Guiqiu fled China on foot with her two daughters, only to end up in a Thai prison until US officials helped them sneak out dramatically through a back door. Now Chen …

    China, World
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  • The Chinese human rights lawyers seen as enemies of the state

    Posted by joannachiu on May 9, 2017June 20, 2017

    Beijing (AFP) – A leading Chinese human rights lawyer went on trial Monday for inciting subversion, in a case which sparked an international outcry after claims he was tortured. Xie Yang, who had worked on …

    China, News
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  • Chinese court says prominent rights lawyer pleads guilty

    Posted by joannachiu on May 8, 2017May 13, 2017

    Beijing (AFP) – A leading Chinese human rights lawyer whose case has drawn international scrutiny pleaded guilty Monday to charges of “inciting subversion of state power” in what critics called a “show trial.” Xie Yang, …

    China
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  • UN slams Chinese rights lawyer’s detention

    Posted by joannachiu on May 5, 2017May 5, 2017

    Beijing (AFP) – The United Nations’ human rights office condemned Friday the detention of a Chinese attorney while he was vacationing with his family, calling it part of an “ongoing crackdown” against lawyers. “We are …

    China
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  • Chinese court sentences rights lawyer in secret trial

    Posted by joannachiu on May 2, 2017May 2, 2017

    Beijing (AFP) – China sentenced a prominent human rights lawyer to a three-year suspended sentence Friday following a secret trial, raising concerns the country is moving to further reduce transparency in high-profile, politically sensitive cases. …

    China
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