A man whose sons were both harmed by shoddy products is arrested under rather suspicious circumstances. Is it coincidence, or intentional intimidation?
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A man whose sons were both harmed by shoddy products is arrested under rather suspicious circumstances. Is it coincidence, or intentional intimidation?
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“Being disappeared” is nothing new in China. But “being confessed, pledged guilty, sentenced, declared innocent and touristed” – which is how a netizens sums up the tale of misfortunes that Zhao Zuohai was subjected to – is very telling of why of the unassuming grammatical particle bei (被) that indicates the passive voice became...
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Excerpts from a censored Han Han essay about the kindergarten attacks, and a call for discussion of the reasons behind them.
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Gao Zhisheng is missing again. What the hell is going on with this case?
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According to this story, "Yushu Assistant Director of Education Xiao Yuping said that as of around 7:40 P.M. yesterday, there were already 56 students who were confirmed dead."
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"I call on those people who are still rational, raise the voices of justice and mercy to protect the rights of Professor Wang. Improving the human rights situation in China isn't just saving Professor Wang, it's saving ourselves. Worsening the human rights situation isn't just hurting Professor Wang, it's hurting every single one of...
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Readers of ESWN may already be familiar with the name Wang Yahui, perhaps the first man ever to have been killed by a glass of water. The story in brief as translated by ESWN: According to the Lushan county public security bureau, the young man named Wang Yahui was taken away on suspicion of...
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This is a story translated from this post by Wan Xiaodao. It’s difficult to confirm whether this is true or not, but at the very least, it’s quite interesting. It ends a bit abruptly, but that’s what the original is like. Translation A summary of the story: The Cangzhou, Hebei peasant Chen Tongmei repeatedly...
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The following is a translation of selections from this blog post by Wan Xiaodao. These suggestions may not be particularly feasible economically speaking, but they’re worth reading because they speak to the dissatisfaction that exists in the rural labor community. Translation Under the influence of the financial crisis that swept the globe last year,...
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Note: You can follow up to the minute tweets on Tan Zuoren’s sentencing here, but most of them are in Chinese. Tan Zuoren, like Ai Weiwei, was conducting a citizen’s investigation into the deaths of students in the Sichuan earthquake last year. On March 28th, he...
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